tions from the Academy's enigmatic Headmaster himself. With might dwarfing high

y corner of the dark stronghold. Discerning circumstanc

warranted invoking surveillance artifacts to r

ver the disciple's account, granting the ow

charred cadaver into the cedar brush - rich fertilizer f

f the grove, enriching its strange crops. Deadly altercations within

hing past the gawking apprentices towards his residen

nning the spoils granted clarity pie

..

erpetually. Fatalities occurred frequently, balanced by fresh blood ea

by the machinations of prowling mages seeking specimens fr

dsome visage marking noble birth. The perfunctory fencing and breathing drills f

ined wholly unavai

bout his lineage and in

n dreams, all else faded into oblivion. Surviving c

focus on t

red over twenty blocks - each six stor

ing tranquility for spellcraft and meditation. Entire level

chaotic clashes vying for

the rearmost fifth dormitory block - impossible t

ing with Lilina did he sec

his mentor in magic - but also lover. By righ

yric experiments had unloc

pale luminance from magic l

experimental paraphernalia, occult tomes, bat

tter hardly affor

lberic at returning to his private

air - the burning fumes of Black

their years together, chores fell unto Alberic without

bed dominating the room's center - two joint si

t trysts prompted an involuntary

lf into lotus position on the bed to inspect Archmage Mossitore's gif

tative trance - the gentlest path restoring vit

ite mentality alongside mystical power, while the noxious

urfaced, a whole day had elap

sed enabled vitality

ice Lilina's return at so

back," he

ded in

ely 1.5 meters tall, with fiery

after eight years under the same roof,

d stunted height resembled

w this belied L

visage remained unchanging over time. Not even a single altera

e experimental catastrophe rendered her

- an indelicate topic which A

t age or past travails, Lilina asked nothing

te enigmas. Intimacy of flesh h

and mask by the bedstand. Then her gaze settl