Academia

The **Academia** is a massive scholar structure existing between dimensions, specialized in teaching traditional Magic.

## Description

The Academia exists as an individual structure maintained between realities, as a pseudo-Plane. It welcomes among the most talented students of the multiverse, as they perfect their abilities through a variety of classes taught by the best professional teachers of the multiverse. Excellent credentials are needed to apply to the Academia, however, and elitism is common among both teachers and students.

The Academia is also, as the name implies, the main academic authority for magic, and most published magical theses and studies are approved by the Academia. This also means that the Academia is the theater of many schemes and magical intrigues as expert mages constantly bicker and argue about each other's results, sometimes leading to great-scale conflicts.

## Twelve Houses

There are twelve main Houses in the Academia, each with its own specialty, and students are guided to a House in order to better improve their personal talents. Each house has its opposite (such as Athena and Ares), and rivalities between opposite houses are extremely common.

* **House Zeus**, the "Grand House" is the main ruling House of the Academia, and is specialized in "the magic of magic" - that is, the fundamentals of magic, as well as Metamagic.
* **House Hera**, the "hidden House", is the house specialized in studying - and censoring - arts situated at the boundaries of magic - whether Dark Tapestry magic, Necromancy or experimental magic in general.
* **House Athena**, the "House of the wise", studies magical language through rituals, magical history, and the mastery of Runic arts and alphabets.
* **House Ares**, the "House of the strong", is a martial House that studies the art of magical combat, magical duels, and Enchantment-based techniques.
* **House Apollo**, the "House of the Sun", is specialized in Thaumaturgy and the use of Divine Magic, either as a main form of spellcasting or to complement traditional magic.
* **House Artemis**, the "House of the Moon", is specialized in dark arts, specifically Black Magic, and mostly studies Tenkuro legacies and occultics.
* **House Poseidon**, the "inner House", develops Arcanism and the use of self-taught and improvised magic to enhance their casting prowess.
* **House Hermes**, the "outer House", is specialized in Summoning and manifesting allies, as well as outer pacts and Witchcraft.
* **House Demeter**, the "house of Nature", is specialized in Shamanism, study of Leylines as well as herbalism, Alchemy and transmutation.
* **House Hephaistos**, the "house of Artifice", is focused around Artifact use as well as the mastery of Esotechnology.
* **House Aphrodite**, the "house of the mind", is centered around Psionics and its ties to traditional magic, as well as traditional illusion and mind-control magic.
* **House Dionysos**, the "house of the body", showcases the manipulation of inner Ki and the mastery of Anima and one's inner body as a magical source.

## Trivia

* The Academia's structure is inspired by that of real life, universities.
* Its twelve Houses are named after the twelve Olympian Gods of Greek Mythology, showcasing the Academia's traditionalist style.