Welcome

Where the borders of the three great regions meet in the neutral hub of Crossroads, stands The Crossroads Academy. It is a monumental, ancient school built of dark stone, brass, and smoky glass. With its soaring towers, moving stone staircases, and hidden corridors, the academy constantly smells of old parchment, magical brews, and crackling fires.

The academy was founded as a joint peace project shortly after the signing of the Fragile Golden Agreement. The purpose was as simple as it was vital: to bring together youth and talent from across the Fey realm under one roof. Here, haughty nobles from the citadel, quiet druids from the forest, and fierce warriors from the tundra are forced to put aside their prejudices, share desks, and learn to live together for the future survival of the realm.

🎭 The Three Faculties

Depending on a student’s talent, or the profession they aspire to in the future, they are divided into one of the school’s three unique lines. Each line has its own uniform color, its own dormitories, and a strictly segregated common room (Common Room) where only students of that line are allowed to enter.

🔴 1. The Vanguard (Guard Group)

Uniform Color: Scarlet & Dark Iron

Common Room: The Iron Heart (Iron Heart) – A sturdy, warm room built deep into the castle’s basement vaults. It is dominated by a huge fireplace, heavy wooden furniture, and the walls are adorned with shields and training weapons.

Focus: Here, those who want to become Amberville Guards, clan guardians, or tacticians study. The training focuses on advanced combat techniques, laws, physical endurance, and defense.

🔵 2. The Arcanum (Magic Group)

Uniform Color: Sapphire Blue & Silver

Living Room: The Chrono-observatory (Wise Observatory) – A soaring tower with a gigantic glass roof where you can study the Northern Lights. The room is filled with floating globes, ticking hourglasses, magical scrolls and a constant soft light.

Focus: This is where aspiring court musicians and young druids gather. They study the theories behind the passage of time, the cycles of nature and the sources of magic.

🟢 3. The Embassy (Diplomat Group)

Uniform Color: Emerald Green & Gold

Living Room: The Gilded Conservatory (Golden Conservatory) – A beautiful, bright glass pavilion full of rustling, living plants, soft velvet sofas and small wooden tables where fey chess is constantly played and politics is whispered.

Focus: This is where future mediators, historians and advisors go. They study rhetoric, the geography of the Fey Empire, history, and place enormous focus on interpreting and preserving the Fragile Golden Agreement.

📜 Academy Laws & Everyday Life

To maintain the fragile peace at the school, there is an absolute ban on weapons and fighting outside of supervised training. In the great hall, where long tables are set up under enchanted, floating lights, all students must eat together regardless of background or rank.

This creates a colorful and intense everyday life at the school. It is constantly bubbling with hidden rivalries, culture clashes, and secret alliances. A noble student from The Arcanum may need the help of a hundred hunters from The Vanguard to pass their exams - and vice versa.

🤫 What the Gamemaster Knows (The Academy's Mystery)

Despite its safe and nostalgic surface, the academy hides many secrets. It is rumored that the lowest basement vaults, beneath the Iron World, extend deep into forgotten catacombs that were created long before the school was built. In addition, there are whispers among the teachers that the magical hourglasses in the Clock Observatory sometimes start running backwards, which indicates that the time disturbances from the citadel have begun to seep into the safe walls of the school.