Zodiac Academy

Zodiac Academy is considered the best school in Solaria. It teaches young Fae to control their elemental powers after their Awakening. The campus is sepereted in four territories, one for each house. In the center of the campus there is The Orb.

## Houses

### **House Aer**

#### Motto

“Air focus, House Aer. Life with us is a breeze.”

#### Territory

Aer House is a huge tower stretched up high on a sprawling clifftop where the crash of waves sounded from below, the dark grey bricks ancient and weathered. Vertical windows are built into the walls and at the very top was an enormous rotating wooden turbine which moved in a breeze.

Part of the Aer Territory is: The Wailing Wood, The Howling Meadow, King's Hollow, the Venus Library and the Earth Observatory.

### **House Ignis**

#### Motto

"Fire focus, House Ignis. We aren't for the faint of heart. And frankly I don't see anyone in this line-up who’s good enough to join us.”

### **House Terra**

#### Motto

“Earth focus, House Terra. And terror is exactly what you'll get if you don't fit in."

### **House Aqua**

#### Motto

“Water focus, House Aqua. My house is for those who have what it takes to face the deadly sea of life in zodiac without flinching.”

## The Orb

The Orb is a huge, golden dome. Carved all over it's surface are swirling decorations which look almost like living flames, especially as the clouds shift over the moon and shadows dance along the whorls in the metal. The gold markings on the pathway shimmer too. It's a giant model of the sun and the ground is decorated to look like beams of light reaching away from it. The double doors of the entrance are lined with symbols depicting each sign of the zodiac. At the centre of the room, beside a roaring fire pit which is surrounded by a ring of water, a curving red couch stands out amongst all the others.

The Orb is where the students take their meals and gather for announcements. It’s designed to look that way because the zodiac is directed by the sun. Without it, the Fae would have nothing. Everything begins and ends with it.

## Jupiter Hall

Jupiter Hall is a towering, gothic building. Inside there is a wide atrium made of white stone. A row of pillars hold up a stairway on the opposite wall. The classroom where Orion taught Cardinal Magic is built of honey-coloured bricks and one side of the room holds a long row of arching windows, allowing the sunlight to fall across the space in eight perfect shafts. It's filled with wooden desks and in the front there's a crescent-shaped oaken desk before a large electronic screen.

## Venus Library

Venus Library is at the east of The Orb. It has huge red brick walls rose up several floors. The library curves around in a wide circle, the floor painted to resemble the night sky in tones of silver and deepest blue. An incredible globe hungs from a silver chain, built in the image of Venus. A light glowes within it, changing from time to time and casting a hazy glow of green then blue, purple, red, pink. At the back of the room is a balcony, above which are smaller silvery orbs hanging from the ceiling to light the place. The library had plenty of shadowy corners to hide in and a ascent of old parchemnt

## Uranus Infirmary

Uranus Infirmary is next to the Neptune Tower. The huge building lookes more like an old manor house than a hospital ward and there are signs pointing to different classes. The place is home to Healing and Restoration magic. In the foyer there's a large fireplace with two staircases splitting off to the east and west wings. There are rows of gilded framed portraits on the stone walls and the hallways are lit by flaming torches.

## Pitball Stadium

The Pitball Stadium is where the Pitball matches take place.It has shining exterior and it's tall, rectangular in shape with curved metal walls. On top of it is a huge silver dome which coveres the entire pitch. The shining silver dome above glitteres like stars, twinkling with an array of lights which are directed down onto the pitch and stands. It has huge locker rooms and inside the locker rooms there's a row of lockers at the centre where a wide space is divided by a long bench. On the sides of the stadium there are the seats, spreading out deeper into the huge space. The pitch itself is the shape of a football pitch but that is where the similarities end. In each corner there's a large bronze pyramid around five feet in height with a football-sized hole at its peak. In the four corners of the pitch, the turf is painted in the colours of the Elements; blue, green, red and white. At the very middle of it is a huge, circular bronze plate and dead centre of that is a large pit almost ten feet in width.