AUTHOR'S NOTE: I plunged the readers into this beast taming world, whose conventions many readers will find familiar. However, a little explanation goes a long way. Not a complete information dump, but the basics. Just the Cliff's Notes, as it were, a cheat sheet.
1. TANGLEWOOD: THE GAME
Tanglewood is a fictional, wildly successful fantasy MMORPG similar to World of Warcraft or FinalFantasy, married to fantasy animal battleground simulators or Merge Dragons.
The goal is to get your beast to Level 10 and become the ultimate tamed beast champ. However, the game also has several side goals to keep the gameplay interesting, and new branches are unlocked all the time. There is a bit of AI involved in that the game constantly surprises you. Cheat codes and walkthroughs exist online, but the game designers keep improving the game. Tanglewood is fiendishly difficult, which is why it is so popular.
