Your choices decide what becomes canon in Ruin.
- The Expedition Pack — Illustrated Ruin: Awakening Novella + Explorer’s Handbook.
- Canon-Shaping Votes — Ballots on story decisions that decide Ruin’s official lore.
- Community Access — Exclusive entry to the Delve Camp (Discord) & Tavern (Facebook).
Sign up here and you'll be taken through to the Expedition Pack download and Discord Link!
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Hand-Drawn Art
No AI here!
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Community First
Just for change!
Written by hand, shaped by fans - then published as canon
A World You Can Interact With
How the Delve Works →
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1) Sign up to get your FREE Explorer's Handbook + Ruin: Awakening
Every great journey begins with a map. When you join the Deep Delve, you’ll instantly receive the Explorer’s Handbook for the world of Ruin - packed with lore, art, and secrets to get you started.
You’ll also get Ruin: Awakening, the illustrated prologue to the saga, delivered straight to your inbox. It’s your first step into the Delve World.
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2) Choose your Delver Class
Every explorer brings their own strengths to Ruin. When you join the Ruin Discord, you’ll pick a Delver Class.
Your class determines which votes you can take part in, the paths open to your character, and even the proficiencies you’ll bring to the expedition.This is your chance to just vote or go deeper and truly leave your mark.
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3) When the Delve Starts, Vote on Delve Choices
Every few days, the next story will release along with choices to vote on. Consequences will then be published as soon as Brandon Berryhill and our editing team rustle it together (usually a day or so.)
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4) Take Part as Much as you Want
Simply sit back and watch the story unfold or get involved; suggest solutions to problems, solve puzzles, and maybe even make a heroic sacrifice... or get killed off. And who knows, you might even get sketched in.
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5) Get Immortalized in Print
When the Delve ends, the adventure doesn’t disappear into the ether. It’s bound forever in an Expedition Journal - a published record of the choices you and your fellow explorers made.
Every twist, every vote, every name that shaped the journey is captured in a book you can hold in your hands. Neat huh?
Claim Your Delver's Expedition Pack
Your kit includes the Explorer’s Handbook and the illustrated Ruin novella Ruin: Awakening - everything you need to start your adventure.
Introducing Ruin's author Brandon Berryhill
Brandon was inspired by universes like Dune, Battletech, and classic adventures such as Treasure Island. The first time he put pen to paper, he produced “Ruin” - his breakout universe and novel aptly named.
The Last Delve - Into the Clockwork Bastion
In the last Delve, explorers ventured into the fabled Clockwork Bastion, a labyrinth of gears and forgotten machines. As they pressed deeper, their choices led to the awakening of an ancient power long thought lost to time.
How they faced this being was decided by the Delvers themselves. Their decisions are now etched into canon, immortalized in The Expedition Journal.