Aethelgard: The 13th Daughter of Drakenhof
Shin Ye-rin is Asia’s "Porcelain Idol" — a perfectly crafted product of the entertainment industry suffocating under the weight of her own image. Seeking a quiet escape, she enters Aethelgard, a world-renowned VR role-playing game where roles are randomized. Her only goal: to become a "Nobody" with no name or legacy in order to live a life different from her current self.
Instead, the system grants her the role of Elara Drakenhof , the youngest among the 13th siblings of the notorious Drakenhof bloodline. Dropped into a brutal underground dungeon and subjected to immediate cruelty from her "legitimate" siblings, Ye-rin's nightmare goes viral when a 15-second clip of her bloodied but unyielding face hits the internet. To the millions of players, Elara is a legendary anomaly and the ultimate "Hard Mode" challenge.
Back in reality, her manager, Park Sang-Hoon, fears for her sanity and the agency’s brand. But in the visceral pain of the dungeon, Ye-rin has found the one thing her fame never allowed. Forging a secret pact with her manager to be her "ghost" in the real world, she logs back into her capsule to play for herself.
As the lines between her perfect reality and this brutal fantasy begin to blur, will she be exposed by the investigators tracking her digital footprint, or will the "Porcelain Idol" shatter her own image to become the most legendary player Aethelgard has ever seen?