Arcane Academy Ep 2

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***The Arcane Academy* Episode 2** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on July 23, 2020, and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on Jul 26, 2020.

The *Delgado* docks at The Exodus Academy, where the new students meet their Headmaster and one of their instructors. The students begin their studies, grow closer to their friends, and have their first schoolyard fight with Aelith Malcolm. Later, they create their own cantrips. Once they do, the students are challenged to the schools labyrinth.

## Summary

*Written by JustAScrub, edited by Palladium*

The airship descends onto an airship dock. After the freshmen depart the Delgado, they are led to the courtyard, where a female wizard greets them. Both Aldoras and Elenora recognize her as Headmaster Gloria Kronos. She tells everyone that she expects each student to do great and wonderful things and that she will support them during their time here. She then introduces them to their instructor of war arts, Instructor Veneway. He outwardly states that their coursework will not be less than that of the eighth-year students. The Instructor wishes everyone to be the “*best damn magisters*” that emerge from the Academy. He proclaims that the Academy can do so much for them and that he expects everyone to utilize the Academy’s resources to take care of themselves. He then tells them to get comfortable in their dorms, as classes will start tomorrow. The class the day after will be the spell-crafting lesson where they will form their own cantrip. Soon after, they will be sent into the Academy’s dungeon to retrieve a trinket, which will be proof that they are capable spellcasters. Headmaster Kronos then tells the freshmen the directions to their dorm buildings, and everyone sets out to get themselves situated in their rooms.

In the female dorms, Elenora is greeted by an Orc student, Brunbush. Brunbush immediately bonds to Elenora — much to Elenora’s chagrin — and swears to kill any enemies of her new friend. Elenora says that she shouldn’t kill her enemies but rather settle things with words. At the end of their conversation, the Orc states that they are best friends. Still scared by the encounter, Elenora neatly unpacks her things and clinically sits on the edge of her bed. Meanwhile, at the male dorms, Aldoras and Gideon end up sharing a room with Shij, and Tremmer shares a dorm room with a fellow student named Telken. For the next four hours, Tremmer learns how to cast Pact of the Wolf while Aldoras and Gideon study the *Mystery of the Magic Missile.* The two of them not only learn Magic Missile but also can cast the spell with four missiles instead of the usual three.

For Last Meal, the party, along with Nigel, gathers their meals from the mess hall and heads out to the courtyard to eat. After a peaceful meal, Tremmer asks if Otto can take Oswin for an adventure, and Aldoras allows it. Eventually, Aldoras asks Nigel how he got into the Academy. Nigel explains he has been taking care of his comatose mother for some time, and his father had left a long time ago. The school showed interest in why he can’t bond to a familiar, so in turn for the school taking care of his mother, he wishes to continue his magic studies at the Academy. Gideon asks for Nigel for his age, but he lies that he is 18. Nigel then gets angry at both Aldoras and Elenora for treating him like a child. He demands to be treated as their equals since he also got into the school, just like them. However, Tremmer says, “*That’s to be determined.*” Nigel walks off, and Tremmer chases after him. Meanwhile, on their side adventure, Otto plays a prank on Malcolm by dropping Oswin into his soup. A flaming red Malcolm is hit by a humiliating splash, whereafter he picks up the snail and searches for Aldoras. Upon finding him, he jams Otto on his head and threatens him to never do that again. He shoves him off the bench and yells out that the threat goes out to the rest of the party as well. Furious at seeing the sight of his friend being treated in such a manner, Gideon casts Magic Missile, all four arcane darts landing on their target. Malcolm steps back, beaten and bloodied.

In retaliation, Malcolm launches a Fire Bolt straight at Gideon. Elenora runs away to get help from Brunbush. Gideon tussles around with Malcolm but fails to grab him. Aldoras attempts an illusion, but Malcolm sees through it. It is at this point that Elenora spots Veneway moving towards the commotion, and the Instructor asks what is happening. Malcolm says that the lowborn struck him. Elenora tells Veneway that Malcolm shoved Aldoras first, and Gideon says that he retaliated on behalf of Aldoras. Malcolm retorts that he defended his honor. In response, Veneway says that everyone here is equal. Everyone is an aspiring magister, and class does not matter. After looking at the wounds on Malcolm and Gideon, Veneway believes that Gideon is the more powerful mage, which makes him better than Malcolm. Malcolm then walks off, dejected. Instructor Veneway then turns to Gideon and states, “*So, Gideon. Magic Missile, huh? Very impressive. Why won’t you show me what you can do?*” Gideon retreats back a bit and casts Magic Missile at the Instructor. However, the better wizard dispels the magic and launches his own volley at Gideon, who immediately goes down. Aldoras takes the opportunity and launches Magic Missiles of his own. Seeing that Veneway is still standing, Aldoras then begins to run. However, Veneway catches up and launches another volley, which knocks Aldoras out. The Instructor then gets help from Elenora to revitalize the fallen students with Potions of Healing.

Meanwhile, Tremmer chases down Nigel. Tremmer apologizes to Nigel, after which he apologizes as well. Tremmer says that he shouldn’t apologize for standing up for himself. He then says that they should go back to others and hug things out. Nigel asks if Elenora would hug him, and Tremmer says that she’s a tougher cracker to crack, and then asks Nigel if he has a crush on her. He says, *“What? No, I’m 14!”*, after which he covers his mouth. Tremmer tells him a secret, revealing that he’s only 16 as well. The two of them then head on back.

Veneway says that he is confident in the first years, so he’ll be moving the timetable up. Aldoras tells Tremmer that this happened due to what Otto did to Malcolm. The party then shares the books from the airship and holds a study group in the courtyard. Tremmer and Elenora both learn and have some mastery over Magic Missile. Both Gideon and Aldoras learn Earth Goblin, and Gideon masters the spell.

The next day, the party attends a class taught by Veneway. He says that he is skipping orientation and announces that today the students will be creating their own signature offensive cantrip. The class is split into multiple groups, and the party ends up in a group of their own. Each group is given a pile of books and scrolls which contain the knowledge they need. Searching through the books, they encounter the spell components they need, several of which needing some time to decipher. Elenora eventually even decode an exceptionally difficult part, but it doesn’t reveal a part of a spell, but rather an ominous yet unknown effect. At the end of the class, all students have created their new cantrip: Aldoras has crafted Check, Gideon has crafted Glacial Decay, Tremmer has crafted Astral Shuffle, and Elenora has crafted the Morgrove Handshake. Veneway says that he would like to see how these cantrips will do. Normally, he would get the students to demonstrate their new spells to the class, but this time, while he is speaking to the class, he looks at the party and exclaims, “To the Dungeon with you!”

## Cast

### Player Characters

* Elenora Mordove
* Lumi
* Tremmer Kushions
* Otto
* Gideon Snowfall
* Riske
* Aldoras Theletian
* Oswin

### Non-player Characters

* Shij
* Aelith Malcolm
* Headmaster Gloria Kronos
* Instructor Veneway
* Brunbush
* Telken
* Nigel Valiensworth

## Trivia

* In this episode, Tremmer has actually created a different cantrip called Astral Rift. However, this cantrip has been changed into one called Astral Shuffle, and it has a different effect from the original cantrip.