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Air Elementalism

It blows.

* Air 1: you can generate light breezes and billow cloaks/hair.
* Air 2: you can create shields of wind that can block most gasses.

## Other Known Users

Mia Doeve

Tim Sutherland

Trevor Xu

## Improvements and Breakthroughs

Geomancy Milestone: 1st Circuit Air Elementalism unlocked (You generate light breezes.)

Bonus: 2nd Circuit Air Elementalism Unlocked (You can make shields of wind to block most gasses)

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-193#post-326588
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-259#post-483956
Demeter

Its defining attribute is its Body1. Demeter is described an ideal immovable object; instead of being moved, the world moves around it. Demeter has a random chance of appearing anywhere in any universe, but the probability of its appearance is influenced by the amount of magic concentrated in the area.

1 Demeter's body rating would be "around 15 or 16", according to Hyposoc.
Principe Nou Anagnósti Kai óti

¡esta es una pagina de un personaje de la familia real, ten el debido respeto!

El Príncipe *nou anagnósti kai óti* (Nou para abreviar) es el que posee el poder del tercer ojo.

## Personalidad

A pesar de su cara de degenerado mental, su capacidad mental es realmente alta...solo que no lo aparenta realmente. Tiene bien en claras sus prioridades, solo que no da importancia a las que deberían importarle. Nou es un chico con un potencial enorme y desperdiciado. Es despistado, desinteresado, solo piensa a que hora va a comer. Se siente halagado porque al menos un 40% del grupo de las Sailor Omorfos gustan de el, pero no se las toma realmente en serio ya que solo lo quieren de manera superficial. Según su tercer ojo, hay una que lo querrá mas que por su cara y posición social pero no sabe cual es, es demasiado despistado como para averiguarlo de una.

## Apariencia

Es alto, corpulento, realmente peludo pero con cara de ángel..con cierto grado de borrachera. Su cabello es color rojo-rosado muy claro, tiene ojos color violeta tirando a azul claro. Solo utiliza un sencillo traje negro y guantes, los cuales están ocultos por una enorme capa color morado oscuro con un prendedor en forma de ojo. Como aditivo lleva una bola de cristal que flota alrededor de el todo el tiempo.

## Poderes

* **Adivinación:**Al poseer tercer ojo, es capaz de adivinar el futuro de las personas, pero no puede ver el suyo claramente. El dice que de lo contrario seria trampa.

## Curiosidades

* Su extenso nombre **nou anagnósti kai óti** literalmente se traduce del griego a *adivinador de pensamientos y eso*
Jason Mores

Jason Mores is a member of the Swim Team, and is one of Mikelle's year-mates.

He's described as a tech guy, a poison specialist, and a trap maker. He doesn't leave the Swim area, but has displayed the ability to project a hologram of himself far outside of it. Jason was the apprentice to the last person in charge of the Swim base's defenses, so he is almost certainly in charge of them now. He bragged about his work after the base's defenses successfully repulsed a combined assault by AV Club, Ping Pong Club, and Happy Place.

Jason has the authority to command and deploy Stormtroopers. He also claims to be able to repair the damage they sustain, so he was likely involved in their initial construction.

Chess Club rates him as likely being low-tier in direct combat.

His Intranet username is SALAMANDER.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-130#post-1796195
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-242#post-2155408
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-161#post-1969342
Daphne

Daphne is a chess club member in the class of 28. She is kind to others and talented in crafting things, having learned about enchanting cloth and magical clothes with runes from her roommate. She created a one-way eyepatch for Mikelle's crystal eye. Her Intranet handle is Threaded.

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-214#post-2081057
Sword Types

## Straight Swords

-Longsword

-Shortsword

-Oriel Straight Sword

-Dwarven Dagger

-Lizard's Hunting Knife

-Red Knight's Sword

-Goldsteine's Straight Sword

-Tigerclaw Straight sword

-Heated Warrior's Sword

## Greatswords

-Bastard Sword

-Zweihander

-Spadone

-Montante

-Claymore

-Greene's Sword

-Dwarven Straight Sword

-Red Knight Zweihander

-Oriel Greatsword

-Auburn's Sword

## Curved Swords

-Scimitar

-Falchion

-Uchigatana

-Iato

-Shinobigatana

-Sandstone Warrior's Sword

## Curved Great Swords

-Odachi

-Curved Greatsword

-Sandstone Great Machete

## Thrusting Sword

-Rapier

-Estoc

-Oriel Rapier

-Tigerclaw Rapier

-Alexander's Estoc

-Silver Estoc

-Spook Lord's Cane
Trish

Sole surviving member of Music Club from an incident before year 1, but explicitly not interested in running the club, instead recruiting Theodore Albin as nominal club leader. Uses rope darts, which she can throw at super-sonic speeds. She can also increase the weight or momentum of thrown objects. Confronted Pates in the cafeteria, but ultimately decided against starting a fright with him. Her intranet handle seems to be BondageViola.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-559#post-3148375
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-384#post-2475317
S

Formerly Mikelle's chemistry lab partner, unwilling to share his real name just in case doing so could be used against him. Completes classes as fast or slightly faster than Mikelle. Capable hydromancer, but does not even dabble in Geomancy. Abilities displayed include a SEP field, extraordinary attention to detail, and the ability to shield a room from true sight and illusions. Gym partner with someone called Jason, who describes him as a paranoiac. His interests include playing video games and he uses the Intranet name blue\_shell, but doesn't seem to be very active.

## Appearance

> She begins, and you take the time to scope out your 'partner.' He is short, only a hand above Savitr in height, though not nearly as young looking. He is pale-skinned, but it is still recognizable peachy in color as opposed to some bloodless white and is unblemished by freckles or other discolorations. His hair is a light shade of red, and indecipherably between wavy and curly. You recognize him from previous chemistry classes as someone who also attended daily, and from the orientation, but no name comes to mind.
>
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1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-131#post-184472
Multithreading

## History

120 research on Year 1 week 20 day 5 increased multithreading willpower by 5. Also allowed Premind to be trained.

You gain an unusable pool of Willpower. Spells learned that cost maximum Willpower instead will take from this pool.

Raised to 50 on Year 2 Day 2 Research DC 260 Also reduced cost of Mental fork by 1

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-52#post-1694510
Year Two

### Day 1

Set up premind with at will iImproved Encoding. Gained Computer Whiz in Computer Science class. Met Thomas Pates, the Swim Club Captain and researched Multithreading.

### Day 2

Master of Matter learned in Physics class. Improved Brute Force Dispel in Aeromancy class. Met with the Librarian and agreed with her terms.

### Day 3

Mathematician improved in Statistics class. Master of Energy learned in Physics class. Painted Sssence of Inspiration. Learned Universal Illusion Ensnarement with the Librarian's help.

### Day 4

Summoned Lucia to check the Intranet and researched Multithreading. Learned Endothaumic Reactant recipe in Magical Chemistry class. Painted Gracious Greetings and gained 3 Maximum Willpower. Got a Lab and made 3 doses of Clotting Agent.

### Day 5

Was attacked by Darcy Kingston. Killed her. Painted 2 times improved always learning from painting series. Visited chess club and meet their new members. Made lessor entity monocle Successfully improved synchronized attune. Researched multithreading.

### Time Skip

* Poker game happens.
* Super Senses gained (+3 to training Sensory Magic) from interlude.
* Taught Ben and Chive how to GTFO. 4 Maximum Willpower gained from Altruism.

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-37#post-1656085
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-52#post-1694510
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-66#post-1715145
4. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-105#post-1754085
5. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-123#post-1783551
6. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-130#post-1796195
Kurt Veres

Kurt faked is death during his second year, and was already known to have access to information magic then. He helps Darcy Kingston in her attacks against Mikelle, seemingly unconcerned about revealing his status as still living. He seems to be able to be able to circumvent the natural hydromancy defenses against using information magic on memories, being apparently aware of what others know about him.

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-411#post-2542369
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-557#post-3125460
Sailor Parallel Moon COMPLETO

**este es un manga oficial de la serie, ¿no es increible? todos los derechos de autor a la creadora de este.**
***Parallel Sailor Moon es una historia corta de 19 páginas que creó Naoko Takeuchi para celebrar el año del conejo en 1999. En 2004 la historia se recopiló dentro de la edición shinzobun de Sailor Moon (que salió a la par que el dorama). Como el nombre indica la acción se situa en una dimensión paralela donde Usagi Tsukino ha tenido una segunda hija, Kousagi Tsukino, y donde todas las sailors han tenido niñas clavadas a ellas y que, además, tienen el nombre de sus madres***
Meditations

Mikelle knows a handful of useful meditations that help him regain Willpower.

## Burning Need Meditation

Panic is a fuel, not an impediment.

* Active - You may gain three stress and lose one maximum willpower to regain 11 willpower. This meditation is only available under threat, and requires time to concentrate.​

## Life's Forge Meditation

Reflect and be strengthened by the hardships of life.

* Spend an action to regain Xd2+1 Willpower, where X is your current Stress Level, then lose 1 Stress.
* You may only use Life's Forge Meditation once per day.​

## Moon's Majesty Meditation

Blissful dreams bring rest.

* Toggle - Before going to bed, you may choose to sleep more deeply to perform this meditation. If you do, gain 2 willpower. Only available at 0 stress. Not compatible with Sun's Glory Meditation.​

## Sun's Glory Meditation

Sleep is inefficient for your purposes.

* Toggle - Before going to bed, you may choose to get up early to perform this meditation. If you do, gain 3 stress and 6 willpower. Not available at 5+ stress. Not compatible with Moon's Majesty Meditation.​
Damijana Kaspar

Class of 29

## Appearance

A Indian or Pakistani woman clad in a professional blazer and dark grey suit pants.

## Description by Lucky\_Duck

> So, if I were to chose one word to describe Dami, it would be aggressive, or psychotic, or mass-muder fetishizing sadist of an insane she-bitch. Any of them work. See, Dami wants a slaughter, plain and simple. Its not a rational desire, or even a reasonable one. I'm guessing she has some form of schizophrenia, but don't quote me on that. I'm not a Psychologist. Mother issue maybe. Or just a really really fucked up person.
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> Dami wants this to happen, probably mastrubates to the thought. She will do anything in her power to make this as big as possible, and would like nothing more for the singular fight to grow to envelope EVERY year, even the enforcers.
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> Scariest thing is, she's a SMART cookie. And patient. She's going to be poking and prodding, getting reactions, agitating actors, and weaving a web for the perfect battleground. I would lay almost even odds that she had something to do with Swin's declaration. And it's no bet that she's taking advantage of it.
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> Combat wise, she isn't really an issue, no spells or abilities of magic kung fu of note. But she IS an artificer, and a dangerous one at that.
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> Machines of note include an Aggressor Engine, a mist machine whose invisible residue subtly but massively increases violent impulses and paranoia when inhaled; a Bloodletter, a dagger that when impaled in a living target, draws blood at an insane rate; a nail gun that can shoot its load half a meter into steel; and a chainsaw, which presumably cuts things in a gory and likely magical manner.
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> Expect Dami to be behind the scenes and on the front lines, trying to manipulate you are your into fights your don't need to be in. Be aware of scent based mental attacks trying to get you to charge into the fray. More so, expect a distribution of weapons designed to escalate the conflict. She will likely try to spread her inventions to as many people as possible.
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> I can only advice in a professional capacity that you probably shouldn't accept them, even if they are free.
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> Kaspar has been tagged in five different fights, managing to avoid any serious injury. She has two kills to her name, and both were a hematolagniac's wet dream. Likely she was behind the scenes of more confrontations, even if not directly involved. Her weapons are not an uncommon sight.
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NecroGoddess42

> "*Praise be to the marker.*"
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NecroGoddess42, or Javelin, is a user on the site. He is the leader of a joke cult based on Dead Space's Unitologists.

## Biography

NecroGoddess42 joined CultureSpawn as Javelin and did not found his cult until a few days after. The cult was founded as a joke, with only Skeletal actually paying it any attention. This began an endless joke war between the two with Skeletal leading the incumbent Aurorans.

When the site was revived in 2018, NecroGoddess surprised no one by keeping the meme going. This proved to annoy Roz and Pat, who have since joined Skeletal against NecroGoddess.
Research

Research involves either going to the library to read up on a subject or conducting experiments yourself. For research, you roll a single 1d100 research die, and add your relevant bonuses. If that number beats the visible DC, you successfully learn what you sought out to learn.

If you fail, the effort isn't lost. It is converted into progress, called Banked Research (BR). Take whatever number you rolled with its bonuses, and divide by ten, rounded down. This is your base BR. It permanently decreases the DC of future research efforts by that amount until you succeed at it. The spell Improved Encoding can increase the amount of progress that is saved.

Mikelle has abilities to increase the amount of progress gained from failed efforts. Because of this, it is possible for progress to set the DC to be less than 0. If that unlikely event happens, the research action will succeed, despite failing the roll.
League Standard Grading System

The Thaumaturgical League's Standard Grading System rates an individual's combat ability on a logarithmic scale that goes from zero to ten. The five categories graded by the Standard are the three fields of magic—Geomancy, Hydromancy, and Aeromancy—as well as Body and Mind. The Standard is often useful for getting a quick overview of how dangerous someone is, especially in the low to mid-range scores

The Standard does have issues: an individual's scores are not based on any particular objective measurement, but something more akin to public opinion; sometimes scores are deliberately lowered or raised for political reasons—Yoseph Kroll is rated Mind 9, as a rating of 10 in addition to the one he holds for Hydromancy would elevate him above the other two Vice-Directors; and the logarithmic scale of the Standard leads to issues of granularity towards the upper end.

A shorthand letter grade is also assigned to go along with the numeric value system. The letter received is based on the individual's best numeric score in the League Standard Grading System.

* >10: Aleph
* (8, 10]: Bet
* (6, 8]: Gimel
* (4, 6]: Dalet
* (2, 4]: He
* [0,2] or No magic: Vav

```
Mind

0: Unthinking

1: Animal

2: Unintelligent

3: Average Human

4: Intelligent

5: Genius

6: MasterMind

7: Inhuman

8: Pseudomagical

9: Pseudodivine

10: Beyond Comprehension

Body

0: Non-Corporeal

1: Infirm

2: Adult Human

3: Olympic Martial Artist

4: Grandmaster

5: Batman

6: Inhuman

7: Monstrous

8: Pseudomagical

9: Pseduodivine

10: Beyond Comprehension

What those ratings mean for Hydromancy: “Same strategic value as”

6: using only a 6 in Hydro, I can defeat a trained gunman

7: strategic value equivalent to a reusable nuke, IE can level a city every couple years.

8: top 100 people in the world have 8's. A fire specialist 8 could set the atmosphere on fire.

9: is perfection

10: can beat (not kill) gaia

```

### Examples

#### Protagonists

1 Charlemagne's Body and Mind scores are intentionally degraded. If he wished, he could easily return to his prime, increasing both scores. However, it is unknown what his natural scores in these categories would be.

2 Mikelle does not actually have an Aeromancy score as it is impossible to gain Aeromancy unnaturally. His score in this category instead represents the power of the Extradimensional Symbiotic Materials gained when Lucia Strauss attacked him, as that ability group was originally the product of Lucia's Aeromancy.

#### Notes

Body stat is defined as "What you are?". Another definition is "If I put you in some theoretical perfect anti-magic field, what would you have left?"

1. ↑ https://questionablequesting.com/threads/popcorn-writing.5783/page-3#post-4716062
2. ↑ https://questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-324#post-574091
Mastermind

The 'Mastermind' Mechanic represents the use of extreme intelligence to pursue goals, prepare strategies to combat less-intelligent opponents, and improvise tactics on the fly. Mikelle gets 'Mastermind Charges' that are renewed each semester.

Neither Improvisation nor Inspiration take an action to use.

## Contingency

Spend two consecutive actions and a use of Mastermind to construct a contingency plan for a specific scenario. Should the scenario occur, you may consume the prepared contingency to resolve the situation in a positive manner. Contingencies work best when the scenario in question is specific and local. If the chosen scenario is too difficult to handle, the vote will be nulled and the actions refunded.

For a simple example, a contingency to deal with falling from a great height would mean that you have a parachute for yourself and your allies when you most need it.

A contingency to deal with being bound and gagged might result in having knives stored in runes hidden under your skin that wouldn't be detected by an assailant.

There is no limit to the number of Contingencies able to be active at any one time.

Over time, they can become less effective, but they are never fully outdated. You will be able to spend a time
skip action to update every single Contingency you have. But that only
makes sense when you have 4 or 5 running.

## Improvisation

Spend a use of Mastermind in place of a write in vote plan. The situation will be resolved in an adequate manner, though not necessarily the best possible one. Improvisation will fail against sufficiently intelligent/prepared/powerful opponents, and the Mastermind Use will not be refunded.

The smarter you are and the more options you have available, the better Improvisation will be.

## Inspiration

Spend a use of Mastermind on a training or research action, it becomes Inspired. Inspired Training Actions get +10 to their base roll until you make a breakthrough. Inspired Research actions get +100 to their base roll until you succeed. Multiple uses of Inspiration do not stack. Inspiration does not wear off until you succeed.

Inspired successes might have better results than normal successes.

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-32#post-1640758
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-15#post-1627182
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-15#post-1627230
Polyhistor Academy Wiki

This wiki is devoted to the world of Polyhistor Academy, a quest run on the Questionable Questing forum.

## Polyhistor Academy

A magical college with a 10% graduation rate. Those who don't graduate die (or worse).

Campus Buildings

Professors

Classes

Exam Results

## Magic

Geomancy - *The magic of the world.*

Hydromancy - *The magic of the self.*

Aeromancy - *The magic of other realms.*

## Jump off pages

Mikelle McDowell is our current protagonist.

Clubs where students organize to relax and play politics.

The Intranetwhere students talk to each other using usernames.

The class of 31. Bennett Mathew's year.

The class of 30. Mikelle's year(note no relation to any real year).

The class of 29. The students who were sophomores when Mikelle was a freshman.

The class of 28. The students who were juniors when Mikelle was a freshman.

The class of 27. The students who were seniors when Mikelle was a freshman.

Art Club. The club Mikelle is a part of.

The Blooded. A group of bounty hunters/assassins that Mikelle has been made a part of.

Plans for the future.

The League Standard Grading System

Known DCs

Rewards Not Chosen

Year One

Year Two

Cheats
Nu

Nu is a student of Polyhistor academy in Class of 30. With a tan skin and white of hair, she is one of more mysterious Classmates.

Does not take Hydromancy classes, and knows a virtual plane spell.

Has a grudge with S.

1. ↑ https://questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-1645#post-5438133
Lau

Lau is a powerful Asian student in the class of 28.

## Powers

Melee-ish Hydromancer. Lau's most noticeable feature is his insane amounts of Willpower. When Mikelle used an auditory Willpower detection ability, he was nearly deafened. Most Hydromancers can be countered by battles of attrition, harassing them until their Willpower runs out. That would be much less effective than usual with Lau.

Lau is a close-range fighter. He uses force fields as armor, and attacks with his bare hands, tearing things apart. His skin is reinforced - breaking through the force fields won't kill him either, and he can replace them with minimal effort.

He may also possess a destructive aura, but this has not been made explicit. When he charges in the fight with Mikelle, the air is disrupted and furniture in his path breaks apart.

## Enemies

Art Club.

He and Cyril seem to have an intense hatred for each other, and have fought many times. Cyril fights by becoming a mass of detonative origami cranes that can reproduce themselves and attack independently. Lau finds Cyril's fighting style boring and frustrating.

The other members of Art Club fought together to protect Graham from him.

He attempted to kill Graham for the bounty, but it didn't seem to be personal beyond that. Graham said he did nothing to provoke the attack, as unreliable as his testimony might be.
Ivan Koslov

Geomancy teacher. A great teacher. Not allowed to tutor, maybe.

## Appearance

An older, balding man of Russian descent. He stands with a slight hunch and wears a worn, grey business suit. Clear glasses adorn his face.

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-339#post-2373607
Charles Masterfield

Charles Masterfield is a Polyhistor student in Year of 29. Utilizes Geomancy, Hydromancy and Aeromancy. Geomancy element is Air, Hydromancy use is unknown and Aeromancy concept is hidden. Takes great lenghts to hide his Aeromancy concept.

Child of two mid-ranked nobles the Geomancy League. Specifically, his parent belonged to the independent subfaction of Lord Charlemagne III's division which had emigrated from the Aeromancy Division in protest upon Pendragon XVI's ascension. He was raised from birth in a magic household and, if not exactly trained for combat, taught to a strong level of proficiency in all three branches of magic.

Member of Immortals.
Jason

S Gym partner. Class of 30. Has given up on Classes and gets some tutoring.

Has acquired 2 Camilla favors and 1 Graham favor.

Utilized his Graham favor to force him to the Mistery League game.

1. ↑ https://questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-227#post-2107533
2. ↑ https://questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-237#post-2142726
3. ↑ https://questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-237#post-2142726
Reitschwert

Reitschwert is a longsword of good make and German design which once belonged to Lucia Strauss.​ Mikelle took it from her corpse after he murdered her. It is designed to work equally well with one or two hands.

Its name means "Riding Sword," in German. While the steel of its blade has subtle imperfections that would shatter under pressure, they are much fewer in number than most similar swords.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-12#post-117251
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-16#post-117372
Toronto Peters

Student with possibly the highest current kill-count in the Class of 30. Known under a nickname of Lumberjack.

### Known Powers

Lumberjack is an unusual Geomancer known to use Caffeine and Alcohol Geomancy. Using these elements, he developed an insomnia curse with several properties:
Insomniac element to prevent sleep
Amnesic element to prevent the victim from realizing they haven't been sleeping
Amnesic element to cause the victim to forget the moment they became infected
Self-propagation element upon the death of the victim, emerging as a miasma and spreading to new victims.
Lumberjack has also shown the ability to induce aneurysms in students infected with his power.
The lethality of Lumberjack's curse dropped significantly once its mechanics were identified by the student body, but treatment is still an aggravating process.

After failing, has retreated. Scared and slowly gaining test score.
Stone Elementalism

You are a rock.

* Stone 1: you can harden small areas and small objects.
* Stone 2: you can petrify organic material and increase the viscosity of liquids.
* Stone 3: you can conjure a thin layer of stone over targets.
* Stone 4: you can move patches of earth near you slightly.
* Stone 5: you can conjure soft rocks in your hands.
* Stone 6: you can conjure streams of sand from your hands.

## Overview

Stone Elementalism is Mikelle's take on the classical Earth element. His natural affinity for it is quite low compared to some of his other elements.

## Combination Elements

Light Saber Elementalism (Light, Fire)

Magma Elementalism (Fire)

## Improvements and Breakthroughs

Mikelle started Polyhistor with one circuit of Stone Elementalism already unlocked.

Geomancy Bonus: second circuit Stone Elementalism unlocked

Geomancy Bonus: Third Circuit stone elementalism unlocked

Geomancy Bonus: Fourth Circuit Stone Elementalism unlocked.

Geomancy Bonus: Fifth Circuit Stone Elementalism unlocked

Geomancy Bonus: 6th Circuit Stone Elementalism unlocked (You can conjure streams of sand from your hands)

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-268#post-492218
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-7#post-117097
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-18#post-117423
4. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-79#post-119248
5. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-100#post-119875
6. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-190#post-322104
Dodrick Dane

Dodrick Dane was the Swim Team captain during Mikelle's first year at Polyhistor Academy.

Dodrick was notably charismatic, and focused on a social strategy to survive Polyhistor. He spent his time and energy cultivating allies, making friends, getting the sympathy of Upper Years, navigating the Club Wars, and making his way up the Swim Club chain towards captainship. While this strategy worked very well for his first three years at Polyhistor, it fell apart during his fourth year, when his peers were desperate and less cooperative, and there were no longer any senior students to call upon.

## Abilities

While not particularly good at magic or academics for a fourth year Polyhistor Student, Dodrick was not without his personal magics. He focused explosions, implosions, and pressure waves as his staple Geomancy, and bodily self-enhancements for his Hydromancy. Dodrick was personally responsible for the death of his yearmate Ethereal, a notoriously difficult to kill fourth year.

While Dodrick survived to take it, he failed the Final Exam and was turned into a Lab Assistant.

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/kroll-academy-vn-preview.5591/page-11#post-1259804
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-12#post-1623565
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-264#post-488828
4. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-142#post-209906
Skeletal

> "*O la vittoria, o tutti accoppati!*"
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Skeletal is one of four founders of CultureSpawn and is one of its leading admins. He has been on the site since the beginning.

## Biography

Skeletal convinced Chief to create CultureSpawn following a joke conversation. Skeletal joined as an admin on the first incarnation of the site on Forumotion and went on to its Xenforo version.

Skeletal began to take a more forward approach with administrating CultureSpawn with its revival on May 15th. He has been at the forefront of many of the changes since that date and has strived to ensure a strong future for the website.

## Trivia

* Skeletal's profile picture is a recolored image of Noodle from Stage 3 of Gorillaz.
* The quote, "O la vittoria, o tutti accoppati!" is the motto of the Italian Arditi, an elite special unit during The Great War. It translates to, "Either victory, or we all die!"
* Skeletal has been ardently against the Unitologists since their original incarnation in May, 2017. He leads the Aurorans against the cultists.
Alfred Leroy

Alfred Leroy was a fourth year Swim Team member during Mikelle's first year at Polyhistor.

Alfred fought and killed Ricardo Damaso during their fourth year at Polyhistor, though he suffered a grievous wound while doing so. Alfred survived by Stopping the giant hole in his chest, staving off death.

At Mel's insistence, Art Club set out to take revenge in retaliation in Alfred's period of weakness. During the fight, Alfred managed to kill Jessica, and very nearly killed Mikelle.

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-156#post-232824
Thomas Pates

Thomas Pates is the current Swim Team captain, and is two years Mikelle's senior. He has a bull-headed, subborn, impulsive nature, and once relied on his friends and clubmates to rein him in. Since then he has learned a measure of control, but it does not appear to come easily to him.

He feels a strong sense of responsibility for the wellbeing of his clubmates. At one point, he rescued Angela Potts from a fight she had soundly lost. He has a measure of infatuation with another clubmate, Michiko Tanaka, but refuses to pursue the relationship due to ethical concerns. While he was originally against enacting the Stormtrooper plan, he eventually allowed himself to be talked into it.

His Intranet username is PATES#1.

## Abilities

Pates commands horrendous physical power. He is a primary Aeromancer, and his is strongly suspected to have a Minotaur concept. He's strong enough to knock over a building by punching it, and has extreme durability to the point of being bulletproof. His mind is similarly resilient, described as being "like a brick wall" by Cornelia Travis, an expert mentalist.

While unconfirmed, Pates is suspected to possess some sort of Labyrinth ability. Pates also has some skill with Geomancy, including the Earth and Fire elements, but generally forgets to use it.

Overall, Chess Club ranks him as a decidedly mid-tier fourth year.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-130#post-1796195
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-321#post-570536
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-45#post-1684770
4. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-74#post-1722304
Adrian Dufort

Swim Team information guy. We don't actually know much about him. He's VERY low key, despite being active on the Intranet. He pretty much lives in the Pool area, hardly ever comes out.

We don't know if he's actually ever fought anyone.

We do know he's a Hydromancer, and that he's apparently super diligent in his daily training routine (the specifics of which we do not know). And, that's pretty much it.

Well, not entirely true. We've got a pretty big psych profile on the guy (one of the attached documents), as we assumed he'd be the newest captain. He's absolutely a "look before you leap" kind of guy, who dislikes preemptive and decisive action. He's also super retaliatory, and doesn't gain or lose grudges easily.

Despite Pate's being the nominal captain, there is a super high chance that Adrian is actually calling the shots and just trying to avoid a nominal spotlight in the club's internal dynamics. At the very least, he's acting as a vice captain, and one that Pate's would often defer to.

Username: QWERTYhunk
Runes

Runes are symbols that are essentially spells in written form. Once known, they can be used freely.

## Geomantic Runes

Geomantic runes work for anyone and are activated instantly upon completion through Gaia's power. Mikelle knows a modest number of them.

## Hydromantic Runes

Hydromantic runes can be controlled in terms of activation, but usually require stored power of some kind, often the Hydromancer's willpower, in order to function. Hydromantic runes work the closest to 'computer programming' of any seen so far.

Mikelle knows a modest number of Hydromantic runes.

## Aeromantic Runes

Aeromantic runes are used only by people with Aeromancy and are, by necessity, personalized. Because the power for Aeromancy derives from the Aeromancer's personal connection to a foreign reality, they work only for the Aeromancer and are completely useless for anyone else.

## General rules for crafting

1. You may make as many runes as you want in a single action. If any of the rolls fail, ALL progress from that action is lost. If that amount is unreasonable, DC's will increase.
2. It takes no actions to link together runes you already have.
3. You can spend a action on a project to create a blueprint with a single DC for a whole array that would be less than just rapidly churning out runes individually.

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-210#post-362539
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-810#post-3388307
Ciara Walsh

Ciara Walsh is a student of Ornithologist Society in Class of 30. A Hydromancer which can summon a crossbow and fire bolts of great power. Her bolts always travel in a straight line, and never miss. Her bolt has shown to be capable of shattering most forms of defenses. Has shown the ability to shoot two bolts at once. Has a ability to dodge attacks at expense of Willpower.  Her bolts are not enchanted as far as Mikelle could see under Truesight.

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-234#post-448473
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-1035#post-4152166
Madison and Mason Crawley

Twins. Madison is generally the one who speaks for the two. Mason is the one who overs visual and body clues due to their magic. Known to utilize swords coated in energy, shooting and absorbing bolts of lighting from them. Have proven to be capable of teamwork to coordinate their attacks.

Madison used to be the president of Art Club. Has quit Art Club at start of second Semestar of Year 2.

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-162#post-248515
Chess Club

## Members

Selina (Year 2 President)

Camila

Daphne

Esteban

Jennifer Shepard (year of 31)

Muhammad Bahl (year of 31)

Mackenzie Mint (year of 31)

## Former Members

Cornelia Travis (Year 1 President, graduated)

Mordecai

Takeshi (Cornelia's predecessor)

## Library

101 Things You Should Never Do (And What You Should Do Instead)

Aeromancy: Complete Bullshit (Part 1)

Aeromancy: Complete Bullshit (Part 2)

Aeromancy: Complete Bullshit (Part 3)

Art History for Idiots

Banter: The Art of Pissing Off Your Opponent

Biology Abridged

Chemistry Abridged

A Definitive Guide to Hydromancy (Counts as two books)

Exam Questions

How to Get Laid Safely

How to Survive Freshmen Year

Moral Philosophy

Physics Abridged

Rune Encyclopedia (Counts as two books)

So You Want to Set your Enemies on Fire? A Geomancer's Guide (Part 1)

So You Want to Set your Enemies on Fire? A Geomancer's Guide (Part 2)​

Computer Science: Review

Strategy (Counts as two books)​

[Unnamed Economics Study Guide]

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-282#post-515783
Chet Eugene Rains

Class of 29

## Description by Lucky\_Duck

Chet Eugene Rains, aka Swin on this lovely forum.

Now I don't need to tell you how Swin-dude is passively suicidal, pessimistic, and has a cold, intelligent, rationality where he looked at his odds and decided to gamble in a blaze of glory for what he'd almost certainly fail over a long ardorous period of normal Kroll curriculum. Nor do I have to tell you about his ironic sense of fair play, attachment to honor, or blaze attitude to the fact his actions will probably kill a bunch of poor, innocent, naive freshmen.

All of you with half a brain should know this from his public suicide/homicide note. It's points to mention and definitely not worth a credit to my name. No, I have to prove I have a gallon more brain juice than you so you'll pay me for stuff you DON'T know.

So, here's the lowdown on our boy Swin.

Hydro Aeromancer

See, Swin's magic is all about 'chi' shit and chakra points. You know, stuff that doesn't really exist outside of new age mysticism catalogs and anime. His internal bullshit (read Aeromancy) allows him to interact with the stuff as if they were the hot potatoes people claim them to be. And really, that's the end of his Aeromancy. He can take it so much further, but he doesn't need to. No mental contamination on this kid, no extra super bullshit. He keeps a lid on that sort of magic.

Its all Hydromancy after that. Direct willpower manipulation to upset your so delicate it didn't exist a moment ago chi balance. Finger poke to the torso? Nausea. Jab to the abdomen? Stomach cramps. Touch to the forehead? You aren't waking up in the morning, coma for life.

Dude can make your heart stop 12 hours after you stopped fighting him. Talk about bad touch.

And Swin's got a record. 10 kills to his name as of this entry, seven of which were in this weeks alone. And get this, one of those original three from his freshman year was a second year. So props to you Swin for making my life that much easier.

Now Swin is a machine in a one on one fight, deadly to the nth degree. In a melee where he can't focus on a single target, he's relatively fucked.
Steve Clink

Class of 30. Crossbow girl killed him immediately in the freshmen frenzy. Twice in a row.  Has a ability to gather energy around his fingertips for a unknown purpose. Utterly boring. Lives next to Mikelle, sometimes refereed to as Mikelle's Neighbor.

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-230#post-419835
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-227#post-405866
3. ↑ https://questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-1736#post-6076064
Upgraded Vision

Your eyes have multiple settings.

* Passive - At the cost of one maximum Willpower, your vision is improved.
* Active - By paying any amount of Willpower, you gain the ability to zoom with your sight.
* Active - By paying 2 Willpower, you can add Infrared or Ultraviolet to your visible spectrum.
* Active - By paying 7 Willpower, you gain True Sight. If you have already cast True Sight today, it costs 1 Willpower instead.​ True sight has a detailed volume of 80 m^3 and a general volume of 1600 m^3​

## True Sight

True sight by its nature provides perfect information at unversal range and down to at least gluon scale. The limiting factor is the maximum amount of information the caster can process. One conveinient way to restrict the amount of information is to limit it to within a certain distance around yourself, or somewhat less obviously, a certain distance around a target you have already uniquely identified, such as by a particle seen with a previous true sight query. This is the detailed volume mentioned in the spell description.

It is possible to move this focus point by chaining queries after another, but this takes a lot of mental power and is relatively slow, but still fast enough to reach a roof "a great distance away" within a few seconds, so perhaps tens of meters per second. Esier and faster than chaining queries is picking a target in your field of view, but this is still slow enough to be an issue in combat, perhaps taking about a second.

It is also possible to restrict information to only to relevant things by filtering for movement, high energy and the like, which allows for a larger radius. This is the general volume.

In regards to the cost discount "today" means after the most recent nightly willpower recovery.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-554#post-3060817
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-598#post-3266120
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-605#post-3286028
4. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-606#post-3286611
5. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-609#post-3297734
Universal Illusion Ensnarement

Nobody can ignore your illusions.

* Active - You may spend 5 Maximum Willpower to Seed a target you are touching. You may pay 5 willpower to extend this range to anyone currently under your illusions. The Seed will last forever, unless resisted.
* Seeded individuals are susceptible to your illusions even if they would otherwise be immune.
* Illusions against Seeded targets are more powerful.
* Seeded individuals count as Tagged.​

## The Librarian's Tutelage

Mikelle learned this technique from the Librarian in return for the promise of performing her three future favors. She claims the technique as a personal discovery, and details of how to replicate the technique are not contained within the Library.

Originally he considered developing the technique independently by making use of Optimized Development, While theoretically possible, this would have been prohibitively expensive willpower-wise, as Universal Illusion Ensnarement could only be trained with the active-use version of Optimized Development due to Mikelle having no appropriate training partners. In the end, Mikelle decided to risk dealing with the Librarian in order to save time and willpower. It is unknown if the independently developed version would have worked via a different mechanism than the Librarian's version.

## Improvements and Breakthroughs

~~Training DC = 180~~ (alone with Optimized Development)

~~Training: Universal Illusion Ensnarement

???~~

Training DC = 50 (with Librarian's instruction)

Training: Universal Illusion Ensnarement

Breakthrough: Universal Illusion Ensnarement learned (Pay 5 Maximum
Willpower to Seed a target you are touching. Seeded individuals count as
 Tagged and are susceptible to your illusions even if they would
otherwise be immune. Illusions targeting Seeded individuals are more
powerful. Seeding will fade slowly over time, depending on the target.)

Training DC = 30

Training: Universal Illusion Ensnarement

Breakthrough: You may pay 5 additional willpower (not maximum willpower) to extend the range to anyone caught in your illusions, from touch range.

Training DC = 20

Training: Universal Illusion Ensnarement

Breakthrough: Your seeds no longer fade naturally. They can still be actively resisted if your target is aware.

Training DC = 30

Training: Universal Illusion Ensnarement

???

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-52#post-1694510
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-293#post-546600
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-305#post-560375
4. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-306#post-560859
5. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-66#post-1715145
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-165#post-1985509
Mel Chevalier

A member of the Art Club now a 4th year. Very lewd sense of art. Class of 28. She and Cyril Pachis hate each other.

Known user of Earth Geomancy. Has shown proficency in earth manipulation, body reinforcement, golem creation and traveling through earth. Known to posses Fire Geomancy to various degrees. Has a patch of necrotic flesh near her hearth which enables her a permenant connection to Gaia and use of Geomancy.

Username: LadyKiller

## Appearance

A short blond-haired girl. Short and flat (don't mention this if you value your health).

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-162#post-248515
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-438#post-2579464
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-894#post-3450408