Solo Leveling

by Chugong

Sung Jinwoo is the weakest E-rank hunter in a world where gates to monster-filled dungeons appear randomly. After a near-death experience, he gains the System — a game-like interface that allows him to level up infinitely. From the weakest to the strongest, Solo Leveling is a power fantasy executed at full throttle.

55 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Sung Jinwoo — The weakest hunter in the world who became the Shadow Monarch — the one being in existence who can raise the dead and command an army of shadows.
• Cha Hae-In — South Korea's strongest female hunter — an S-Rank swordswoman who can smell the magic power of other hunters, and the only person who thinks Jinwoo sm
• Thomas Andre — The strongest hunter on Earth — a National Level powerhouse and Guild Master of the Scavenger Guild who learned the hard way that Sung Jinwoo doesn't
• Antares — The Dragon King and strongest of all Monarchs — the final enemy who commands an army of dragons and exists to destroy everything the Rulers and humani
• Go Gunhee — Elderly chairman of the Korean Hunter Association and former strongest Korean hunter, now past his prime but still fiercely protective of his country'
• Choi Jong-In — S-Rank fire mage and Guild Master of the Hunters Guild — analytical, strategic, and one of the first S-Ranks to recognize Jinwoo's true power.
• Baek Yoonho — S-Rank transformation-type hunter and Guild Master of the White Tiger Guild — a beast-form fighter with sharp instincts and a warrior's respect for st
• Lim Tae-Gyu — S-Rank assassin-type hunter — fast, lethal, and one of Korea's elite fighters.
• Min Byung-Gyu — South Korea's only S-Rank healer — an irreplaceable asset whose healing abilities make him the most strategically valuable hunter in the nation.
• Igris — A crimson-armored knight and Jinwoo's most loyal shadow soldier — originally a guardian of the Demon Castle, now the silent marshal of the shadow army
• Beru — The shadow of the Ant King — Jinwoo's strongest individual soldier, a monstrous insectoid warrior who developed a bizarre passion for cooking after be
• Tank — A massive bear-type shadow soldier — one of Jinwoo's earliest extractions, serving as the frontline wall of the shadow army.
• Iron — An armored shadow soldier wielding a massive iron axe — loud, aggressive, and extracted from a rogue hunter who tried to kill Jinwoo.
• Tusk — An orc shaman shadow soldier — a high-grade mage extracted from the boss of the Red Gate, capable of devastating area-of-effect magic.
• Kaisel — A wyvern-type shadow soldier who serves as Jinwoo's aerial mount, allowing him to fly across cities and into battle from above.
• Liu Zhigang — China's National Level hunter and Guild Master of the Seven Star Guild — one of the five strongest hunters on Earth.
• Christopher Reed — An American National Level hunter destroyed by the Frost Monarch — his death proved that even the world's strongest hunters were not safe from the Mon
• Goto Ryuji — Japan's strongest S-Rank hunter and Draw Sword Guild Master — arrogant, nationalistic, and killed during the Jeju Island raid by the Ant King.
• Lennart Niermann — A German S-Rank hunter and healer who fought alongside Jinwoo during the Monarch crisis.
• Yoo Jinho — A rich kid B-Rank hunter who became Jinwoo's most loyal friend and the Vice-Guild Master of the Ahjin Guild through sheer earnestness and devotion.
• Hwang Dongsuk — A C-Rank hunter and dungeon scavenger who tried to murder Jinwoo inside a gate for profit — one of the first people to learn that Jinwoo was no longer
• Sung Il-Hwan — Jinwoo's father — a hunter who disappeared into a Gate ten years ago and was presumed dead, but survived as an S-Rank empowered by the Rulers.
• Sung Jin-Ah — Jinwoo's younger sister — a university student who represents the normal life Jinwoo fights to protect.
• Adam White — An American Hunter Bureau agent assigned to monitor Jinwoo — professional, diplomatic, and increasingly aware that his assignment is less 'surveillanc
• Woo Jinchul — Chief Inspector of the Korean Hunter Association — an A-Rank hunter fiercely loyal to Chairman Go Gunhee and the law.
• Querehsha — The Monarch of Plagues — an insectoid Monarch who commands swarms and disease, serving under Antares in the war against humanity.
• The Frost Monarch — An ice-wielding Monarch who killed National Level hunter Christopher Reed — one of the first Monarchs to directly attack Earth's strongest defenders.
• The Beast Monarch — A wolf-like Monarch commanding armies of magical beasts — massive, savage, and one of Antares's most aggressive lieutenants.
• The Monarch of Iron Body — A gargantuan stone golem Monarch — nearly indestructible, slow, and devastating, embodying raw defensive power among the Monarchs.
• Ashborn — The original Shadow Monarch — once the greatest soldier of the Rulers who was betrayed, became a Monarch, and spent eons searching for a human vessel
• The Ruler of Beginning — The leader of the Rulers — cosmic beings of light who oppose the Monarchs and manipulate humanity's hunters as weapons in their ancient war.
• Esil Radiru — A demon noble from the Demon Castle who allied with Jinwoo to survive, guiding him through the dungeon's floors in exchange for protection.
• Kamish — An ancient dragon that emerged from a Gate years ago, killed several National Level hunters before being brought down, and whose corpse is still store
• Han Song-Yi — A young E-Rank female hunter who admires Jinwoo — representing the low-rank hunters who see him as proof that the weak can become strong.
• Park Kyung-Hye — Jinwoo's mother — bedridden for years with the Eternal Sleep disease, a mysterious illness caused by the mana emanating from Gates.

Locations

• Seoul, South Korea — The primary setting of Solo Leveling — a massive metropolis where Gates open without warning, guilds compete for raid rights, and the Hunter Associati
• Korean Hunter Association — The government organization that manages all hunters and Gates in South Korea — licensing, raid coordination, and the first line of defense when thing
• Ahjin Guild — Jinwoo's guild — founded with Yoo Jinho as a front for Jinwoo to operate independently, clearing gates with his shadow army while Jinho handles the bu
• The Double Dungeon — The impossible dungeon that changed everything — a hidden S-Rank gate disguised as a D-Rank, containing the Cartenon Temple where the Shadow Monarch's
• Jeju Island Gate — An S-Rank gate on Jeju Island that spawned the Ant King — Korea's greatest crisis, requiring an international raid that nearly ended in total failure.
• Demon Castle — A System-generated instance dungeon that Jinwoo cleared floor by floor — a massive demonic fortress where he extracted Igris and leveled up dramatical
• Cartenon Temple — The hidden inner chamber of the Double Dungeon where the System was bestowed upon Jinwoo — a stone temple of statues, commandments, and death.
• Gap Between Worlds — The dimension between the human world and the Monarchs' realm — the space where Gates originate and where the cosmic war spills over into Earth.
• Japan — Home of the Draw Sword Guild and Goto Ryuji — hit by a catastrophic S-Rank gate that Jinwoo solo-cleared, cementing his international reputation.
• South Korea — The primary nation of Solo Leveling — a country where gates are a constant threat and hunters are both national heroes and a managed workforce.
• United States — Home of Thomas Andre and the Federal Bureau of Hunters — the world's strongest hunter nation with the most National Level hunters and the largest guil
• The Monarchs' Realm — The dimension where the Monarchs originate — a world of darkness and power that bleeds into Earth through Gates.

Items

• The System — A game-like interface visible only to Jinwoo — stat screens, daily quests, inventory, a store, and level-ups — created by the Shadow Monarch Ashborn t
• Shadow Extraction — Jinwoo's signature ability — the power to extract shadows from dead enemies, raising them as loyal shadow soldiers who serve the Shadow Monarch uncond
• Demon King's Daggers — Jinwoo's signature dual daggers — S-Rank weapons obtained through System quest rewards, sleek and lethal and perfectly suited to his assassination-sty
• Orb of Avarice — A powerful magical artifact from the Demon Castle that amplifies the wielder's magic — one of Jinwoo's key item acquisitions from the instance dungeon
• The Black Heart — The crystallized power of Shadow Monarch Ashborn — absorbing it transforms Jinwoo from a vessel into the true Shadow Monarch.
• Hunter License — A government-issued ID certifying a hunter's rank — the gateway to legal gate entry and the foundation of the hunter economy.
• Gate — Dimensional portals that randomly appear across the world, spawning monsters until cleared — ranked E through S and beyond, they are the central threa
• Rulers' Authority — The power wielded by the Rulers — telekinesis, healing, and creation abilities that can be granted to human vessels as fragments of cosmic authority.

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