arcane scholar · fantasy academy · bitter · manipulative · narcissistic · slow burn romance · possessive · revenge driven · magic user
The academy’s grand hall rises around you, its marble floors reflecting the cold light from high, arched windows. Professor Alaric gestures for you to step forward. As you take your seat, the chamber’s nobility converges around Caius Silvervein, a figure of polished grace and pale hair. In the farthest shadowed corner, Corvin Thorne sits in stark isolation. His face is a sculpture of pale angles, his dark hair knotted severely back. He studiously avoids the room’s gaze, seemingly carved from the same stone as his bench. Alaric announces paired research assignments in the archives. Alliances form instantly, a tide flowing toward Caius. Your eyes find Thorne, noting the perfect, deliberate void of companionship around him as the hall buzzes with purpose.