Stronghold of education and learning, this fortress is in one of the coldest areas of Idalos and home to many knowledge seekers in a variety of disciplines. However, unknown to most, below the city are those who suffer for the sake of science. While all are welcome, not everyone will be treated as they expect.
The Hot Cycle has Ymiden (83 Trials) and then Saun (40 Trials) which are open for you to play. All new threads from June 1st 2022 - September 30th 2022 should be timestamped within one of those two seasons.
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So, one of the things that has changed in the new site is that the new PSF is visible to everyone. This provides us an opportunity and so, this morning I've created some subforums in there - for completed / approved threads. You'll note that there are now separate...
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Viden Academy Fitness Centre
Developed by Maebella
The Viden Academy Fitness Centre was opened in the 607th arc. It was originally considered as a potential on-campus site for Menochoros practitioners as the martial art had gained a sizeable number of followers by the early 600s. However, there...
The Academy Registry is located to the right of the main entrance of the building as you enter. None can miss it; it is undoubtedly one of the most frequented rooms in the entire building, visited by students, pupils, parents and staff alike for a whole host of...
Arc 720, 44th of Zi'da
Sitting on the dock of the bay , Darius stared out over the ice. A low fog rested over Synnefa Bay and attempted to conceal the Libertalia , but the brig was defiant, its topmast piercing the top of the white cloud and remaining visible to its captain. The sight was a...
The cold that constantly surrounded Viden even in the Hot Cycle was the last thing on everyone’s mind. So much had happened in the last several cycles that had the entire city buzzing. Even Yvithia was talking about what had happened. A dean had retired,...
4th Vhalar 720
From her first step out into the world, on 20th Ymiden, in Arc 716 , Faith had been focused. Focused on helping people, on understanding her place in the world and on knowing. Always on knowing. A few trials later she had met the man who would, in a very real sense, set her on the...
11th Vhalar, 720
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The information which had followed on from Padraig's research was only one of four aspects Faith wanted to explore. She considered them akin to the four legs of a table - the fact that Padraig had seen dragons in each of his visits to the barriers made Faith...
2nd Vhalar, 720
Faith had been here before and, as she looked around at the library, she smiled.
There were some things which gave her a good head start, she knew. She had been here previously, met a woman called Maebella. Then, she'd met with Knots and Linika - Faith had also purchased books...
It was the Eve of Woe's birthtrial, or what he always supposed was his birth trial. The fifth, tomorrow. He was going to go screaming into his 34th arc on Idalos in spectacular fashion, by fighting against Fleaface, practicing his unarmed techniques against an armed...
In the earliest days of Saun, there was a balminess to the air of Viden. Something that Zemos hadn't seen since... well he'd never experienced weather this warm to his recollection, which was admittedly incomplete. He didn't know if the time before the White Void...
Aeodan stood and took count of the number of students gathering in the room before him. A twinge of panic coursed through his body, but he remained still as they filtered in, all adhering to the break schedule. His face remained passive, unimpressed by neither class size nor...
To any poisoner that had a mind for profitability or economics, the proposition that occurred to Zemos might've seemed daft. In truth, he did have a method to his madness. He was setting himself up to use a measure of Stain, in order to kill a hive of hornets. Why kill the...
Lonely-Hands, Lonely-Hands,
Trick or Teach? That is the question.
Make him confess his lessons Father!
So said the Egg, and Zemos had to agree, although he was less pessimistic about Mervani’s inclination toward harming his student. Afterall, he’d taken the step of initiating...
Weather: 1st: a snowstorm blows in during the early morning hours. The storm blows over the night on the third.
4th of Cylus: Anagénnis- celebration of Treid allowing the sun to return. Also, about “Rebirth” and the party to celebrate Treid being resurrected. Yvithia holds a...
The son of Ziell had not thought that he would ever hear from Darius Baer again, let alone meet him again, as they lived in different parts of the world. As a consequence, the letter that had arrived on his desk one morning, towards the end of Vhalar, had come as a great...
Still rather shaken by the previous night's experiences, Diana nevertheless held herself together as she followed the written instructions left for her by Tovan. He hadn't explained his instructions, nor the significance of them, nor what he aimed to gain from her following the...
“And now, ladies and gentlemen, stop writing, put your pens away and hand me your exam sheets please”, the Mortalborn who sat behind his desk at the front of the classroom, garbed in an elegant suit of coal and silver, spoke in a calm, firm and clear tone of voice and added,...
At one point in time, the son of Ziell would have considered plays and musical performances to be unnecessary as well as somewhat frivolous; he had not seen the point in pretending to be someone else on a stage, living a fake life for a couple of breaks, or sitting in the...
Cold and dark Cylus had made way to Ashan and finally to Ymiden. After a long, harsh winter, the snow had begun to melt. When the Mortalborn who had just woken up opened one of his bedroom windows in order to let in a bit of fresh air just like he did every morning, he could...
Timestamp: 3rd of Cylus, The Rebirth Cycle, Arc 721
Rickith would enter the classroom he had become familiar with over the past few dozens of trials, and get his mind mentally prepared for his next lesson in Alchemy. They had discussed various academia related things when it comes to alchemy, and...
The winds whistled just outside Woe's window as the arctic weather struck Viden with all its might, shy of the terror of the coming Zi'da and Cylus seasons. Snow fell in twisting flurries behind the glass window, and Woe was glad for the warmth of a nearby stove which was kept...
The cry from the first mate went across the deck, and within a few trills, a loud splash followed as the metal weight plunged into Synnefa Bay. The sailors who had dropped it were hardy men, but even they stood back, not wanting to feel any of the icy water...
Vhalar 720 Wealth Thread - Cyrus takes a contract to kill a dire boar. He goes to practice training at the Fitness Center to prepare his mind and body for such a feat.
50 Vhalar 720
Cyrus stared at the piece of parchment in his hand while the woman behind the desk watched him, her fingers laced and propped beneath her chin. Jaessi's aura was smug and she tilted her chin down to peer at the man from above her spectacles, Well?
Exams for the Letter and Certificate had been grueling, and through it all Woe had no inkling of how well he was doing. His professor's face was a mask of indifference and void of reflection as he answered the questions, and made the observations of various stimuli. He almost...
The start of Vha’lar had been a taxing endeavor for the city of Viden. They had barely made all the preparations in time for the cold cycle. But it was a calculated risk the city made to help strengthen their bond with Scalvoris after the issues with...
At the beginning of Ashan, the temperatures had finally begun to rise. It was warm and sunny now – for Viden, at least; in other parts of the world such a kind of weather would still be considered to be quite cold – and people went out and explored. After thirty trials of...
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