Arcane Academy Ep 7

### YouTube VOD

***The Arcane Academy* Episode 7** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on the 27th of August 2020, and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on the 3rd of September 2020.

## Summary

With the fight against the Elementia finished, the Death statue drops a Wand of the War Mage, which Gideon ends up retrieving. The party decides to hold a study session with the few books they brought. Tremmer and Gideon both master the Knock spell, and Aldoras masters the Light cantrip. After a long rest, the elderly kobold leads the party to Headmaster Levin. Along the way, he mentions that he doesn’t know how long he has been here, as he is not able to differentiate between weeks and years. Upon being asked who he is, the elder introduces himself as Rorn. Eventually, they make their way to the room where the Headmaster is. Rorn warns them that the Headmaster is a strange yet studious type. The students will have to be direct with him as he does not like time-wasters. Rorn and the party then enter the room. Rorn reports that he has done his task, so the Headmaster says that he has earned his keep and is now allowed to stay.

The party informs the Headmaster that they are students of the Exodus Academy and that they were transported to the Astral Veil by a djinn. The Headmaster reveals that they are in the Archives, where information and stories of the Veil and other planes are kept. While he does have the power to return the students to their plane, he first asks if they are willing to stay. In exchange for teaching him about Io, he is willing to teach them about magic. When Gideon asks whether it’s possible to time travel, Levin says that it is as possible as conquering death, but he does note that no one has mastered time. When Levin informs the students that time moves slower in the Astral, the students accept his offer to stay.

Levin inquires about the nature of the students and notices the aggression between Aldoras and Tremmer. While Tremmer doesn’t express how he feels, Aldoras states that he prefers that his friends succeed, implying he still sees Tremmer as a friend. Levin’s gaze then looks at Gideon, whose face is blank. However, the young man is rethinking his old “don’t take things too seriously” attitude. Elenora Mordove claims that titles and names are everything and that a lot are riding on her shoulders. When she confirms that titles are everything in Io, Levin simply responds with “Disappointing.” The students bring up his Headmaster title, but he says that the title isn’t who he is, but rather his actions.

> “I’m willing to assist you to come back home. I have no reason nor worldly gain to do so. But I do it, because that is who I am. You seek assistance. You seem scared, worried, terrified, emotional. You seem to need help, and I like to offer it. You arrive here in my Archives, and you are the first denizens of Io to do so. You all have great potential. Great power, great knowledge—that is who you are. And that should be all that matters.”
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The conversation moves on. Levin reveals that the Elementia is one of hundred Astral Constructs that was made by the ancient mage Varien, whom Levin believes to have perished as his creations are on the loose in the Astral. When the students express their eagerness to learn, Levin opens their minds, allowing them to read the arcane sigils of the Archive’s spell books that contain cantrips and first level spells. While the others run off to the books, Tremmer gets a one-to-one conversation with Levin. He confesses that his thoughtless actions led to the death of three others. He even spotted the corpse of one on an automaton. Levin says that they can bring them back to life. When he receives a description of the automaton, Levin identifies it as a cadaver collector, which stores the spirits of the bodies it collects as well. The main issue now is to figure out a way to defeat the automaton. Levin provides Tremmer with an ornate jar to safely store spirits. Tremmer thanks Levin, mentioning he is not used to having a mentor.

Just as the students start a study session, Levin proposes to teach them how to craft magical armaments. Everyone is excited to learn, so Levin brings them to another room and takes out a box full of magical materials. He has no need for the objects, so he is willing to provide them for this lesson. There is enough to craft six pieces of equipment. To craft an item, the students must spend eight hours skillfully smithing. If they are especially successful, the produced item may be refined. However, if they were to fail too badly, the materials are lost. Levin teaches them how to make a variety of magical items. After several days of crafting, the party ends up with two refined Headbands of Intellect, one refined Cloak of Protection, and one unrefinable Cloak of Protection. During the last day, Tremmer and Aldoras rebuild their friendship, and Levin leaves to investigate the location where the students arrived in the Veil.

Levin returns after the last item has been refined and brings his students to the location as well. There, he teaches them the nature of leylines. They are magical paths that people could take to quickly transport themselves in their own planes. These paths go through the Astral as well, and the djinn has used one to bring the students into the Veil. However, that leyline is unfortunately a one-way trip. There are two other leylines present that the students could travel through, but their magical strength is not enough to guide them through the leylines. However, they can astrally project themselves through these leylines to scout the destinations. Both Gideon and Tremmer volunteer to scout, so Levin conjures a magic circle. The two volunteers connect their physical forms to the leylines and astrally project themselves.

## Cast

### Player Characters

* Elenora Mordove
* Tremmer Kushions
* Gideon Snowfall
* Aldoras Theletian