Waking up on another world is supposed to be fun: you get a cool new power, you meet attractive people who inexplicably think you're the best thing since sliced bread, and you go on an adventure where you beat the bad guys or the demon king or whatever the antagonist may be.

You probably also don't think too much about the home you left behind, because, you know, that would get in the way of the power fantasy.

But Charlie, a medical student in their last year from Vienna, doesn't wake up on a world like that. Alaria might be a place of magic and mystery, but evil takes root in the springs of colonial gold more easily than the heart of any demon king, the character of Charlie's fellow exiles leaves much to be desired, and they can't understand a damn word anyone is saying.

Trying to survive, and maybe find their way home, Charlie is slowly and unwillingly drawn into a web of vicious politics and vying factions in a rapidly changing world.

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A portal fantasy/isekai story set in a fantasy world in the middle of an age of colonial expansion, featuring a non-binary protagonist and with a focus on characters, politics and worldbuilding, with a side of dungeon crawling.

TW: This work contains elements of racism, sexism, and queerphobia. I will mark each chapter where the elements appear.

*Previously called Lions After Slumber.*