Based on the Dragon's Dogma video game, this manga series follows the adventures of the Arisen Karol and his primary pawn, Elise. Karol's quiet life as a fisherman is upended when his home village of Cassardis is attacked by a dragon that consumes his heart, marking him as the Arisen. He now sets out to reclaim his heart, and along the way, he learns more about what it truly means to be an Arisen and about the mysterious Pawn Legion.