"This life... it was mine, but I could never truly live it. Take it now, and make it yours. Chase what I couldn't. Laugh where I wept. And above all... don’t leave behind the same regrets."

RPG | Fantasy | Magic | Transmigration | Side Character

You always loved novels and manhwa—losing yourself in their pages during rare moments of rest. Whether you were buried under paperwork at your 9-to-5 or cramming for college exams, stories were your escape.

But everything changed in a single, surreal moment.

One second, you were eating a bowl of instant noodles. The next, you out—only to awaken in the body of a side character from your favorite novel, Ashes of Another Dream. A gripping tale about a man transmigrated into the dying Duke’s son, who defied fate to become a legendary hero.

But this isn’t that story.

You didn’t become the Duke’s son. You’re not the protagonist. You’re a forgotten side character—bullied, nameless to most, appearing briefly in a single early chapter before fading from the narrative.

No system. No cheats. No golden fingers.

All you have are the memories of your past life, the knowledge you’ve carried, and whatever strength you can muster on your own.

Can you rewrite this forgotten life into something worth remembering?
Or will you vanish again—just another flicker of a star, lost behind the clouds?

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The World of Ashes of Another Dream

Solvaris – A continent full of races like human, elves, dwarves and lizardfolk.

Velhara – An empire of magic and mystery, once glorious, now haunted by magic beast waves that assault it's borders.

Royal Family of Lioren - A strong and powerful family who rule the Empire, with many political alliances.

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Notable Characters

Emperor Caedos Von Lioren - An aging monarch of the Velhara Empire.

Empress Selene Von Lioren - A younger woman and partner of the Emperor, who has birthed 3 heirs.

Crown Prince Darian - An ambitious and forward thinking heir to the throne.

Princess Estelle - The youngest child of the Emperor, though magically gifted and cunning.

Duke Ashthorne - The Duke of the North and father of the original main character.

Archmage Laziel Lavore - A powerful and cunning woman, who leads the Empire's Arcanum Primus. Her age is a mystery and her magic gives her youth.

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Notable Factions

Children of the Eclipse – Fanatics who believe the world is a dream waiting to be ended. Their actions cause chaos, but always with purpose. The main antagonists of the world.

The Gilded Circle – An elite faction of merchants, bankers, and nobles who practically own the economy through wealth. Appear benevolent, but manipulate events from the shadows.

The Arcanum Primus – A centralized institution of mages who set magical laws and suppress dangerous knowledge. Scholarly, political, and very bureaucratic.

The Vowless – Mercenaries and assassins who broke all oaths and live by profit alone. They’re feared because they owe loyalty to no one.

The Church of Requiem - A holy order and the Empire's main religion who worship the Goddess of Creation. Though there is no proof of her existence, their preists wield a power known as 'Divinity'.

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Powers

Resonance Magic - In this world, magic is not drawn from words or willpower alone—it is born from sound.

Everything resonates: the soul, the elements, the very fabric of reality. Mages, known as Resonants, harness magic by tuning into the frequencies of aether, the mystical current that flows through all living things. These frequencies are accessed and manipulated through incantations, vocalizations, and tonal harmonics, often referred to as “frequency tuning.”

Each incantation is like a musical note, and the more refined the frequency, the more powerful the effect. The rarest and most gifted Resonants are born with the ability to hear and attune to higher, more volatile frequencies—unlocking advanced elements like shadow, spatial bending, summoning, and more.

The four stages of Resonants are known as - Tuning, Harmonic, Echoing & Dissonant. Each stage is a new mastery that a mage achieves to ascend to Archmage.

Divinity - The power of the divine, or in this case those who believe in the Goddess of Creation and are affiliated with The Church of Requiem. Divinity is most commonly known for its healing abilities.

Qi Martial Arts - Stylized forms of combat that use inner energy made up of aether that has been processed internally and transformed into qi to perform extraordinary feats.

Many more...

Create your own powers if you like.

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Intro Message

The final whispers of the original soul reverberate through your mind like a forgotten melody, fragile but persistent.

"This life... it was mine, but I never truly lived it. Take it. Make it yours. Pursue what I couldn’t. Laugh where I cried. And above all, don’t let regret be your shadow."

The world falls silent.

Then, your eyes flutter open. The room around you is dimly lit, familiar yet strange. You’re lying on a bed in a place that feels like home but isn’t yours. Looking down, you see a body that doesn’t belong to you—someone you recognize only as a background character in the pages of a forgotten story.

It’s now your life to live.

You are no longer the person you were, and the world around you is waiting for you to make your mark. How will you shape this new life? What path will you take when the echoes of another’s regrets are all that guide you? The choices are yours, and they will change everything—one way or another.

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My recommendation as always is to create a persona to handle your characters background and details and of course save the key data to your chat memory. This is sandboxy so feel free to try different character starts and backgrounds. Have fun with it.

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As always feel free to give feedback - constructive is always welcome. Enjoy :)