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"Vyr mama bad," a certain Headmaster snarked as she sorted through books.

MAIN | STUDENT HANDBOOK | THE STARFELL CIRCLE | DISCORD GLORIA! HONORIFICE! PROELIUM FACIO! The night sky shuddered, stars speckling its surface flickering in their light. ANIMUS; GRADIOR QUO, PRODO Great horrors swam in its stygian black, lived before creation, before Aenguls and Daemons. IN EXCELSIS PRECEDO, BELLATOR, DECERTE Champions of light prayed to their gods, and maleficar knelt to the abyss; but there was a class of magi who knelt to none. INCURRO! No god nor wicked patron dare lay claim, talon, or tendril upon they, practitioners of the Beyond; INVADORIA! The Voidal Magi, masters of the Vast Deep. DESIDERATUS FATUM. DESIDERATUS BELLUM. The Starfell Circle is a Circle - also deemed a Coven - within the Citadel of Hexenstadt whose goal is to discover the undiscovered, to reach into the heavens above and find peace with their arts in body, mind, and soul. They herald Eshtael, the Aengul of Balance, but emphasize the concept of self-autonomy and self-agency. Had it not been obvious already, the Starfell is less of a ‘house’ of the Citadel, and moreso a club; they act as the school’s programme for exceptionally skilled students, and those who wish to partake in its student government. It may be noted that not all Starfell Circle members need be in the Citadel; however, they do still assist with its functioning such as assisting in events and participating in its government. The Headmaster The head of their Circle, who guides their students with their wisdom and expertise; the Headmaster of the Citadel. The Sages Magi who can be characterized by their immense knowledge and skill in combat or magick; heralded as the second in command(s) of their coven, and regarded with much respect. They have the largest priority on quests, alongside a plethora of benefits. The Disciples Circle members who have contributed a large amount to their fellow Magi & the State, either by publishing some riveting discovery, teaching other magi, servitude, or another considerable deed. Some benefits include access to Mana Obelisks and priority on quest slots. The Neophytes Students who have proved themselves active and dedicated to the State & the Citadel, now deemed a Neophyte. The Abeyant Sworn-in men and women, not yet having proved themselves. Name: Race: Age: Are you enrolled in the Citadel)? What is your ‘goal’ in life? Applicable Skills:

MAIN | STUDENT HANDBOOK | THE STARFELL CIRCLE | DISCORD All students & professors have rules to abide by, that if consistently ignored, may result in contract termination, fines, expulsion, et Cetera. General Rules 1. - No Dark or Deific Magick is to be cast within school grounds, UNLESS it can save a life. The Citadel shall remain free of ties to any patron but Eshtael. 2. - Keep your (this is not an exhaustive list): hands, feet, projectiles, objects, magick, to yourself. 3. - Student confidentiality is prized, and no Professor may share information regarding private proceedings of the Citadel. 4. - No student or member of staff may be taken from in-class time/work unless by an official guard’s/army Warrant. However, if they’re not in class or actively teaching, they may be taken without Warrant or a Parent/Guardian’s signed note. 4.1 - A Warrant may be defined as a paper signed by the Head of State or the Lead of the Guardforce/Army stating that the person is to be arrested for a specific reason. 5. - Individuals (including constructs & artificial beings) who continually interrupt the ongoings of the school may be banished from entering the Citadel (including outside classrooms such as the Trebuchet Range, while in-session). 5.1 - Includes those allowed access solely for the Citadel’s Mana Obelisk(s). 5.2 - The following are exempt from this rule (due to position in the State or School): Headmaster V. DeNurem, Mika Anarion 6. - All students & staff must follow the laws of Lurin. Philosophy The Citadel believes in leniency with rules and regulations, and prefers a relaxed approach to them. As such, there may be more warnings before suspension, though the student can also be immediately suspended depending on the severity of their action; however, it is rare. Each student and teacher deserves a safe learning environment, and the Citadel will ensure they have such. Punishments include, but are not limited to: 1st Offence - Verbal Warning 2nd Offence - 2nd Verbal Warning 3rd Offence - In School Suspension [I.S.S.], Removal from Clubs/Coven 4th Offence - Headmaster Intervention, Guardforce Intervention 5th Offence - Expulsion MILITARY STUDIES Professor Mika Anarion The study which all Lurin soldiers partake in in order to graduate, including, but not limited to, operating cannons, trebuchets, using siege ladders to scale walls, and combative maneuvers. At the end of the program, students will graduate with a certificate and be promoted to (rank). - Weapon Training - Siege Machine Training - Formations Training - Combat MEDICAL STUDIES Professor Roui Tawarenion The study of wound-mending, first aid, surgical practices, and salve making. Students in this course will learn how to save lives on the battlefield, as well as treating infection and removing objects (such as arrowheads) from wounds. - First Aid - Surgical Practices - Salve Making - Herb Identification - Medical Licensing in Lurin (& affiliated territories) ARCANE STUDIES Professor Jon Snowell The study of Arcane arts, the void, and mana. During the course, the student will learn about the void, the properties of mana, auras, the history of large voidal events [such as Ando Alur], and how Voidal magick is connected to the Material plane - alongside many debates on whether or not such practice is ethical. This course does not teach magick, but may be rewarded to well performing or promising students who are genuinely interested in the voidal theory. - Void Theory - Study of Voidal Tears - Study of Mana - Defense Against Magick SURVIVALIST STUDIES [Lacks Professor] The study of survival for any and all adventures. Within this course, students will learn the proper abilities needed to survive in unique situations, the utilities that one shall need during it, and will be granted opportunities to go on field trips to truly experience situations they will learn about such as being stranded, fighting with wildlife, et Cetera. - Study of Survival Abilities - Study of Unique Adventure Situations - Utility Training - Experience Out on the Field METALLURGY STUDIES Professor Edvard Kervallen The study of refining and smithing metal. During the course, students will learn how to create jewelry, weaponry, and armor, alongside how to do all of the above safely and in a controlled environment. Alongside this, students of the Metallurgy course will learn of the rare and exotic metals Almaris contains and the effects they have. - Extracting & smelting ore - Refining into different items (rings, swords, et Cetera) - Proper smithing technique - Rare/Exotic Ores Study THE STARFELL CIRCLE Chancellor Dame Viktoriya For the overachieving students of the Citadel who wish to learn a magick or pick up alchemy, the Starfell Coven exists. Participation in this elective will not affect the student’s grades, and rather, provides them a way to learn the actual practice of, rather than theories of, magick and the material arts. Alongside this, students who participate in the Coven will be considered the ‘student government’ of the Citadel. - Student Government - Magick & Alchemical Tutoring Art by Artofmaquenda! Inspired by mythos from many different cultures, the Circles of the Citadel of Hexenstadt are groupings of students based on personality and classes which compete for points and in school competitions (like sports). They are divided into three main categories: The Monoceros Circle, The Qilin Circle, & The Strix Circle, and a fourth smaller circle named The Starfell Circle which acts as the school’s government; one which can only be joined through hard work and dedication. Each also has a Head of the Circle, a student who acts as their leader, and a Head Teacher, a professor who acts as their … Chaperone, of sorts. With the colours of Silver & Red, the Monoceros Circle - based upon the myth of the Monoceros creature (otherwise known as the Unicorn) which boasts a magickal affinity and a curved horn - are a house of students who commonly take the Military or Survivalist studies, or typically act frugal and wise. With the colours of Bronze & Green, the Qilin Circle - based upon the myth of a scaled stag with dragonlike features, whose rare appearance coincides with the birth or death of a ruler - is a house of students who commonly take the Medical or Military studies, or typically act clever and attentive. With the colours of Gold & Black, the Strix Circle - based upon the myth of a human-bird hybrid whose presence was thought to be ill-omen - is a house of students who commonly take the Metallurgy or Arcane studies, or typically act more benign and playful. Read more about the Starfell Circle here!

MAIN | STUDENT HANDBOOK | THE STARFELL CIRCLE | DISCORD The Citadel of Hexenstadt, founded by Dame Viktoriya DeNurem in 1899, is a school located in the heart of the Serene Principality of Lurin. The Citadel specializes in military, medical, and magickal education, though does have classes that branch off into other subjects such as craftsmanship, generalism, and survival. The school is mostly tuitionless, however, activity checks take place to ensure that students are active and participate in class so that everyone who wants to attend, may. COLORS: Violet, White, & Black MASCOT: Bat TUITION: Free! After full completion of at least one full semester (OOC length tbd), the student will receive a degree designating a skill in such subject. After two semesters, the student will be designated a ‘Dr’; the second semester typically consists of assisting the Professor in teaching and guiding other students. A list of classes can be found in the student handbook! Circles; dubbed ‘Houses’ or ‘Genuses’ in other schools in the past, are collections of students based upon classes and/or personality. These three main Circles, the Monoceros Circle, the Qilin Circle, & the Strix Circle compete in sports and school activities; alongside the Starfell Circle which acts as the Citadel’s student government and ‘accelerated learning’ class. Read more about Circles in the student handbook! [Send in the replies of this post.] Student Application Professor (Or Assistant Prof.) Application

potions were 2 emotes this whole time!??! I've spent an extra emote for nothing!?! I guess I was ahead of the times

The night sky flickered, little blips of white and blue light blinking above in its vast expanse as two magi stared up at it, speaking. “Yam so curious about what’s really out t’ere. Of course there’s te’ Horrors, but how do they … Get like that? Are they souls?” a woman spoke, scribbling down a constellation atop the notepad she held. “Do Atronaches go there if they kick te’ bucket?” The Mali beside her shrugged, folding his hands atop each other. “Sort of. I believe that-” yet he was cut short by his friend’s voice. “Mika, te’ moon disappeared, am I goin’ blind?” Indeed, as both studied the sky they’d notice the sudden lack of stars, not even the light of the moon itself could be seen. No swirls of purple nor distant stars could pervade the imperceivable curtain, and for that moment, complete darkness cloaked the Principality only broken by the streetlights and lanterns. The woman scrambled to the observatory door to take a look, her eyes wide and her jaw dropped as she came back to the table. “They really disappeared, but t’eres no clouds.” “Well,” Mika paused. “Must be a Voidal Behemoth, Vik. T’ose things can be unfathomably big.” She stared at him, evidently waiting for the ‘gotcha’ that never came. “Bigger than the sky? How can we see them?” “We normally can’t, but … When it’s blocking something we can normally see, we are suddenly aware of the space it occupies,” the Silver Lubba spoke. The rest of their conversation, Viktoriya couldn’t help but keep her eyes upon the sky out of fear the mammoth horror might somehow float down and eat them. For once, the woman realized just how horrid the vast deep really was. A voidal tear that could end all life itself, an infinite expanse of nothing and everything, and thousands of Magi that dare tempt such horrors through the veil with their magick. She knew not to underestimate it any longer.

+1, I think this would be fun asf to roleplay but make it common knowledge so I can do a "ARE YOU THE FATHER" gameshow

Viktoriya began to foam at the mouth and writhed around on the ground like a dead fish.

Viktoriya crouches over the paper, circling the answers she agrees with with a gradually more mortified expression. "YAM GAY!?!"

[!] A childlike drawing, defining key features of the 'hunted'. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MINA!?! LOOK NO FURTHER! My name is Alexander Antony, and I believe this human woman to be a FROSTWITCH; a Furjrarurajura, as some might say. I was informed by a righteous friend that she was seen luring a young man out of a city begging for help vith a lost horse, and he was not seen again afterward for a month, where he then suddenly had no recollection of such events. DESCRIPTION: - She's quite tall. I think at LEAST five-foot-eight ... Perhaps a wee bit taller. - She has an Atronach arm that looks like ICE; I know it's a gemstone, but it LOOKS like ICE! - She has blue/gray eyes, dark reddish-brown hair. - Sometimes seen wearing a tiara with clusters of emeralds & diamonds. I ASK YOU, HUMBLE CANONISTS, THAT THIS WOMAN BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE! For 150 mina, I merely wish for her other (fleshly) arm and/or an eye, alongside proof it is her's. Nothing more, nothing less. It shall be a grand trophy I shall deliver to the man (or his family). Ensure she lives; the undead care not for death. And, to the woman ... May you repent and give up this dark path.

A woman in the Lurin Academy hid alone in her office, wracked by sobs. Her fingers clutched at the stone until they were bloody and raw, ebbing with burning pain. Her conversation with him, heartfelt advice spoken from her soul, had been his last -- she recalled the arbalest of that atronach, Mika's apathetic frown, Rina's scowl. They were blind. "Everything I touch," she wailed, clutching the little living doll of her's in either arm. "It dies."

A woman cackles as she pens up a shabby little poster beside one of the proclamations. She has no idea what Aunn is, but certainly does enjoy mocking strangers. Acre loses a hellhound and seethes! [ The Acrean 'Dog' in Question ] THE BARONY OF ACRE IS DEMONIC! PRAISE AUNN!

Honestly seems neat, though I think the reproductive bit is unneeded & the 10 mages required for this + a mature voidal tear is a good bit too much just to get a PK clause and a few abilities.

"THE PALEBEAST!" some peasant man screams, frothing at the mouth. "I HATE THE PALEBEAST!"

Dame Viktoriya leans back in her chair, cracking her knuckles as she read the flier. "I may niet be 'es actual mot'er, but I sure can talk some sense into him." She turned toward the little white dragon beside her as it rummaged through her satchel with its metal talons. "Hvitur, get me' flask. I really need te' stop being morally good after t'es, it's DRAINING." She prepares a letter to be sent off to Aurik, already juggling three other quests to worry about to appear in person for such a discussion. The woman decides to leave out how close she'd been to crushing the Epiphyte's plant in cold blood ... Cold sap, rather? Upon Aurik's windowsill, some horrid abomination arrives, flesh spun oddly around its body as though it didn't fit it, with shoulders horribly crooked to account for the peculiar, scaly wings fused upon them.

An elder Mystic -- long disconnected, sat beside the carvings; her jaw dropped as she read the name, having thought it might've been another crazed occultist or another maleficar like she baiting some darker creature to their death. "The boy? That one?" Her brows furrowed as she rose, cursing in blackspeech beneath her breath. "I suppose I should answer this before he finds himself joining some brotherhood. Another cog in te' machine, and another soul doomed to Ebrietaes." She pauses, scowling at what she'd just said. "Yam only doing this because that Synod leaves a poor taste in my mouth, nie because it's morally good."

@Apocrypha Under one of the less visited sits of the scribbles, sits something else; something g new, carved into the stone beneath it. It seared the eyes of those who dared look upon it that weren't knowledgeable its tongue, the air around it heavy and dreadful like a cold winter's night. ___________________ Your's,

A disturbed woman rocked on her chair, cackling to herself as her taloned hand traced a line over the paper. "Vyr welcooome, Sev ..."

The single Dezokh-nur that now exists weeps.

TreeSmoothie tree#3754 Varg: Inferi in Rokodra:

Gave this a good skim through while I was in rp, please make a redline if you haven't about locking their life plant/whatever it's called behind a bunch of doors, especially underground.

I feel like letting ppl submit stuff they didn't make for this specifically kind of undermines the whole challenge of making them in a certain time frame Anyways can we make the sirens look like normal sirens and not fish monsters 😈

Some old Chancellor of Lurin was picking at her teeth with a crystalized talon, when she caught word of the passing from one of her errandboys. "Eh? Vhat's ... Petra? Ah'll have te' visit some time."