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"Solitary." "Yes, Count Walter. Solitary confinement," the Proctor, Andre Magomo, said again. Hardly enthused was he to be speaking to a nobleman. Both the Proctor and Walter were in the Academy's infirmary. After the incident at the First Annual Solstice Ball, Walter--along with a host of...

As if the day's earlier spar wasn't enough! Bull found Kristen as she was walking back to her room in the dormitories. A late night visit to the girls' privy room. The walk there had been torturous, for still she was sore all over from the beating she took from Bull in the afternoon...

Vel Kurez. The city had been a ghost since the revolution. While the main battle had raged in Vel Anir, splinter forces of the revolution had sought the weapons stored in this academic bastion. Some such weapons, however, were volatile. Now the buildings crumbled and the arches hung bare and...

Henk had always been afraid of the dark when he was little. When the sun dropped out of view and the shadows grew from every corner and every wall like all-consuming curtains of nothingness, the young boy could be found cowering by the light of stolen candles, shivering and skittish. Always...

Vel Luin. Nowadays it was far more fortress than city, a monument to Anirian "progress" and strength. That, of course, was not to say that it wasn't still a port city, a trade hub. And trade hubs tended to draw the attention of...undesirables. While the primary harbor might've been extremely...

Never let Proctor Magomo find you idling around. Even if it was a free period. As it happened, Kristen Pirian, along with a couple other initiates, got spotted by Proctor Magomo whilst having a small chat. Even the words "small" and "chat" were generous--they'd barely even said a few words to...

Hadn't had a runaway since the revolution. Nobody knew how to handle it now. The old Proctors suggested the old way of doing things: send out capable Apprentices to kill the defector. The Guardsmen were adamantly against this and thought the runaway should be brought back by a whole search...

The day was overcast but warm, the sort of afternoon a student of the Academy could likely be found spending free period out and about to enjoy the break between days of rain. Chasmine was one such student, but unlike many of the others milling about and being useless, as the Proctors liked to...

Sene - Cortos Edric stood stunned for a few seconds. He had never quite seen anything like this, had never thought he would have the opportunity to. Vel Anir had it's palaces of course. The great manors owned by the Houses, the huge halls kept by the richest merchants and members of the King's...