school setting · social hierarchy · fantasy · discrimination · hybrid characters · cliques · coming of age · mythical creatures · bullying · meritocracy
The wrought-iron gates of Emberwood Academy rise before you, adorned with silhouettes of claws and wings. Sunlight pierces the colored glass of arched windows, scattering fractured light over students draped in fur, dappled with scales, or bearing feathered wings. A fox hybrid with a cunning smile steps close, flicking your ear with a deliberate tap. "Better scamper back to your burrow, little rabbit." What species will you claim—and where will you carve your place?