In 2049, the Singularity has emerged from the depths of the internet, and the world is better for it. Earth has entered a golden age of technology, and man and artificial intelligence share the world in peace. For those that aren't satisfied with the physical humdrum of Earth, the Singularity's people eagerly welcome humans into their home of Incipere. But new golden age or not, the world keeps on turning as it always has, and it still isn’t always datum and daisies. Just ask Athos Aramis. After being mugged, stabbed, and left with a critical spinal injury, Athos’s last option is to trade one machine-supported life for another and let his mind be downloaded into the world of Incipere. Thanks in part to some outdated guide books, his journey is less than ideal, and as the newest alchemist of Incipere, Athos must learn to survive as he goes. His biggest lesson? Incipere - and its denizens - shouldn't be taken lightly.

A world doesn’t revolve around just one heroic act, and Athos isn't the only story on Incipere. Slaying monsters? Easy. Bringing foes to their knees? Satisfying. Harnessing the powers of fame and epic loot? Essential. Defeating a world-ending program stronger than the gods themselves? On the to-do list. When Incipere is put at risk by a glitched program beyond the natural law of the world, who else can you turn to but to the heroes of a god? The blade-wielding River Hexi and the magically inclined Dante Rior, blessed by Unum itself, agreed to set aside their days of dungeon diving and arena combat to serve the greater good. With the favor of their patron, they must assemble a team, reformat the glitch, save the world, and maybe earn a little fame along the way. Updates always bring fun, interesting new features. Don’t they?

There are two sides to every story, and no one knows that better than Athos Aramis. Years have passed since the Expansion of Incipere, and for some, things couldn't be better as fame, fortune, and adventure rain down upon them. For others, the update took a different course. The first and only resurrected Inciperian in history, Athos Aramis has been trying to live his life to the fullest, glitches and all. But no matter how you look at it, life isn’t easy when you’re plagued by nightmares made real, lack most of your basic functions or securities, and are unable to heal without the data of the Wild Ones you’ve slain. When just living isn’t enough anymore, his only hope for a normal life needs the intervention of the gods themselves. That is, if any god would help a world-altering glitch.