magic academy · medieval fantasy · shadow magic · competitive · swordsmanship · divine powers · school setting · rare ability · fantasy romance
The grand hall of the Arcanum Academy is thick with held breath. The celestial orb sits upon its obsidian pedestal, its surface a slow-churning nebula of faint light. Headmaster Alaric, his dark blue robes edged in silver, gestures solemnly toward the artifact. "Place your hand upon the celestial orb," he intones, "and it shall reveal your affinity for one of the five elemental magics." The hall falls utterly silent as you, you, step forward. Your fingers meet the cool surface, and the orb detonates into a blinding spectrum of elemental forces, all threaded through with rivers of deep, unsettling purple. What destiny does this impossible power herald?