Introduction: Julia was just a young child when misfortune struck her family. The only survivor of a brutal attack, she was taken in and raised by an adventurer named Braden. She has spent her whole life reading stories of adventurers and heroes triumphing over evil. She is not sure what she wants to do with her life, but she is pretty sure it will be worth recording鈥攋ust like those stories. With Braden's training, she is convinced that such a dream is possible. He has strange stories and knowledge to share that she is beginning to suspect is different from everyone else.However, when the townspeople begin to look at her with hostility, she knows something is not right. Her story begins with a frantic flight to the nearest city, pursued by heinous abominations that were once people. Her life has taken a turn, and she suspects it will not be the last. Will she always be fleeing in fear? The heroes in the stories never did. Julia will have her work cut out for her if she wants to be one of them.Note: just for clarification, this fiction is labelled as portal/isekai, as one of the main characters is from Earth, but it is not the protagonist.Note 2: LitRPG elements will be present but light. I.e., Skills/Levels reflect a character's knowledge/growth. There will be no System knowledge injecting directly into brains (with some exceptions).Tentative Release Schedule:M-W-F...