Session 1 - Magic School Begins!

# Session 1 - 26/05/2024
 
In the year 5809, a group of young initiates bound for the The Academy of Arcane Arts meet each other for the first time. Told to wait for a liaison to collect us and transport us to the school grounds which are on a different plane of reality known as The Shaywild.
 
The group contains seven new first year students;
 
1) Myself, Daladrin Bower. A human sorcerer slash wizard. After what felt like years of travelling from Sleetshore in the far west to get to Ever-Stone, the seemingly young wizard is keen to start a new chapter in life as a scholar and practitioner of the magical arts.
 
2) [[Cooper Peaty]], an Earth Genasi druid played by Andy. First impressions are that they have serious daddy issues.
 
3) [[Gar Leek]], a gnome from Bramblebark played by Joe.
 
4) [[Inihara Nemphos]] (a.k.a) Ini, a Tiefling Warlock who has been forced to go to the school as a punishment for crimes she previously committed in Piridon. Inny is played by Luca. When Inny is very angry her eye colour changes. A quote - "When my eye colour changes, it is the last thing that people see before they die".
 
5) [[Kiyomi Su'tera]], the most relaxed and quietly confident Tiefling of the group. Played by Abby, Kiyomi was born in a small village called Cinderfall on The Izokoki Isle.
 
6) Kael Su'tera, Kiyomi's twin brother. This NPC has come to the school with Kiyomi to learn to control their wild and dangerous magical abilities.
 
7) The final student is Aria Swift-Paw, an NPC Tabaxi, described as having very fuzzy fur with a soft clumsy demeaner.
 
After a short time, the group was collected by [[Archmage Selene Fetherthus]], a 7 foot tall Owlin who escorted us to the Shaywild and the school grounds of The Academy of Arcane Arts.
 
Selene's first lesson is about the Shaywild, the magically enhanced neighbour to the material plane. We are told that their are only two ways to get to and from this plane; either with the practiced use of magic spells or during a planar convergence.
 
Transported by a portal spell, the first years get their first view of The Academy and its warding dome Aelar.
 
After the first day induction and a tour of the campus the players make their way to the Dormitories, With a large central shared common space and numbered bedroom doors around the outside (Daladrin was assigned room 1). In the common room the first years meet some of the other students at the school.
 
[[Lyra Argalight]] - a white dragonborn
[[Mirel Sar-Fa]] - 2nd year firbolg
[[Therisa Nerilen]] - Shadowkai 4th year
[[Zak Winwiser]] - The school troublemaker, the crazy blue toned Air Genasi, the sexy 4th year.
 
We all received our school uniform. Described as being a fine long robe with navy blue colouring and the school crest visible.
 
Party turns in for the night eager for their first lessons in the morning.
 
Keen for their first day, the first years are sent to the [[The Academy of Arcane Arts#^mcp|Magical Creatures Pavilion]] where they meet [[Auronathir the Wise]] known as Aura. A silver dragon who teaches Animal Handling.
 
The first first half of lessons was learning how to summon a familiar. The species was picked at random and each character got to name their familiar. I got Frostbite the Fae Silver Fox.
 
The second half was a lecture about blink dogs and displacer beasts.
 
The second day was Transmutation classes. Taught by [[Professor Tia Sonap]], we learned an amazing spell called prestidigitation.
 
Third day we went to the **Necromantic Studies Chamber** to learn the Spare the Dying cantrip. The class was taught by [[Professor Xalan'dar Gumgoth]]
 
After class Luca's eyes chan
ged colour and nobody died.
 
Fourth day was Cartography. After class the 1st years had a free period so they decided to study in the library.
 
In the library they learnt a bit about the dragon imperium and the history of Magic School. After some perception check some players heard a voice in their head saying "Come find me...". Later on players once again heard the voice "Come find me... The Wand!". After some getting some advice they decide to make a dousing rod to detect the source of this weird voice.
 
To make the rod players had to complete a magic ritual with the Illusion teachers assistance to capture the essence of the voice in a jar. The ritual was successful and a pair of dousing rod is made.
 
Following the trail of the dousing rod we were pointed back to the library where we first heard the voice and deduced that the voice was not a creature. Looking around the players discovered the library is guarded by enchanted suits of armor, their job is to enforce the school's fascist control of information.
 
Looking around the first floor of the library, players discovered an ancient symbol in the floor. The symbol seemed have writing from several ancient and forgotten languages from beyond the material plane. We were able to tell that a portion was written in Sylvan.
 
After making a copy of the symbol the students began trying to decipher the meaning. So far they figured out that it contains some Sylvan and some Abyssal. After finding out that books on the Abyssal language were forbidden for 1st years we decided to convince Zak to smuggle us the book.
 
After failing to convince Zak to stick his neck out for nothing, Daladrin challenged Zak to a game of poker dice best out of 3 and lost. However, Zak still decided to help, on the condition that we helped him leave the school premises that night. Ini was sent out after dark to set a small distraction fire using a gallon of oil. After setting a decent area of the gardens on fire Ini was immediately caught and sent straight to the principles office. The principle lectured Ini about what the alternative to school would be like and threatened to expel her.
 
Zak managed to get us a book on the Abyssal language the next morning.
 
End of session