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Welcome, one and all, to the Involerra Academy of the Adventuring Arts! Located near the heart of Drestel, capital of the nation of Arcanis, the school was originally founded as a bards college, a place for artists and musicians to practice their craft and learn the intricacies of their innate magic, a place to hone their talents to survive, live, and thrive in the wider world. While successful, the schools notoriety was largely confined to the ringed city for most of its life, and while the artists trained within its walls did venture out into the wider world, none quite reached the level of renown expected from a school as prestigious as itself.
Of course, this can only remain true for so long. As many of you likely know, seven hundred years ago, two former students of the former Involerra Institute of the Magical Arts, along with a small group of three other adventurers, went on to not only reach the acclaim all artists seek, but also essentially saved the world multiple times during the events of the Calamity. Much of what this group did was important and world changing, but two things changed the very foundations of the institution; they helped depose the former king, and they were from Drestel.
Naturally, when a group goes on to save the world from impending doom or domination, people will flock to them. As such, Drestel, which was still a growing city, saw a boom, as the brightest minds across the world moved to make it their home. The queen, Alessiandre Yistrand, may she rest peacefully, having been beside the group during parts of their effort, and having fought in the final battle across the ocean in Komada, made it a goal to see that no such circumstances would ever arise again. Using the crown, and the funding from their new citizens, and leveraging the goodwill brought on the city by the heroes, Queen Alessiandre converted Involerra from a bards college to an adventuring academy, a school for all aspiring heroes, where they can learn their craft, hone their skills, and get the practical experience they need long before any threat could rise.
It is this version of the school I welcome you to now. It has been seven hundred years since Alessiandre converted the school, and it has been seven hundred years of relative peace. The Academy is working, with more and more teenagers passing into adulthood, and passing into adventuring, each year. Perhaps, in the near future, one of you, or perhaps even a group of you, will follow in the old heroes footsteps, and leave your mark on the world. As an incoming freshman, you will be expected to determine what kind of adventurer you will be, form an adventuring party with your fellow students, and, if fortune favors you, find your first adventure by the end of the year.
For now, though, you should prepare for your first day. I hope to see you all, and I hope to see you all prosper.
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Class Expectation: (Wizard, Fighter, Rogue, etc, feel free to get a little creative here)
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Of course, this can only remain true for so long. As many of you likely know, seven hundred years ago, two former students of the former Involerra Institute of the Magical Arts, along with a small group of three other adventurers, went on to not only reach the acclaim all artists seek, but also essentially saved the world multiple times during the events of the Calamity. Much of what this group did was important and world changing, but two things changed the very foundations of the institution; they helped depose the former king, and they were from Drestel.
Naturally, when a group goes on to save the world from impending doom or domination, people will flock to them. As such, Drestel, which was still a growing city, saw a boom, as the brightest minds across the world moved to make it their home. The queen, Alessiandre Yistrand, may she rest peacefully, having been beside the group during parts of their effort, and having fought in the final battle across the ocean in Komada, made it a goal to see that no such circumstances would ever arise again. Using the crown, and the funding from their new citizens, and leveraging the goodwill brought on the city by the heroes, Queen Alessiandre converted Involerra from a bards college to an adventuring academy, a school for all aspiring heroes, where they can learn their craft, hone their skills, and get the practical experience they need long before any threat could rise.
It is this version of the school I welcome you to now. It has been seven hundred years since Alessiandre converted the school, and it has been seven hundred years of relative peace. The Academy is working, with more and more teenagers passing into adulthood, and passing into adventuring, each year. Perhaps, in the near future, one of you, or perhaps even a group of you, will follow in the old heroes footsteps, and leave your mark on the world. As an incoming freshman, you will be expected to determine what kind of adventurer you will be, form an adventuring party with your fellow students, and, if fortune favors you, find your first adventure by the end of the year.
For now, though, you should prepare for your first day. I hope to see you all, and I hope to see you all prosper.
- Zevras Arganam, Principal/Headmaster of the Involerra Academy of the Adventuring Arts
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Age:
Gender:
Species: (Human, Elf, Dwarf, etc. Anything fantasy goes, and some stuff sci-fi if it has a good enough fantasy/magitek twist)
Class Expectation: (Wizard, Fighter, Rogue, etc, feel free to get a little creative here)
Backstory:
School ID Photo: