Mana Academy: Beyond Borders IC
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"...As time continues marching on around him, and having grown older and wiser from his many successes and failures, Man has learned that there are precious few constants in this world in which he resides, save for the doubts which will forever plague his fragile mind. Even so, it has been for many centuries that he has come to believe that there are indeed fewer uncertainties than he once thought. With the advent of the sciences, culture, the Enlightenment, and the new structure of the world in which he lives, Man has indeed advanced much.
Yet for all of his progress since the Dark Ages, he has since discarded a crucial truth about his world, for in his great strides towards the stars and quest to understand the universe, it has become so terribly easy for him to forget his past, and become blind to what lies behind him...
"Magic, that fantastical force of the supernatural, that facet of fiction most people in the modern world disregard as the stuff of fairy tales and old legends, is far more than the work of reverie, for it is the unseen power that has shaped the world since it's very inception, and Mages, the keepers and guardians of all of it's secrets, are but anomalies in a world where they are thought not to exist...
...Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, it would surely seem...No stranger, of course, than the tales yet to be sung, and all of the despair that has yet to be woven...But fear not, for every story I have to tell shall be told in due time..."
~The StorytellerMana Academy has existed for hundreds of years and continues to thrive in the present day, making its home on a small island on the shores of Lake Superior, in North America. Students from all across the world are discovered, and approached to attend starting at age 14. These students, however, aren't like any other: They are mages, naturally predisposed to the use of elemental magic: The ancient magics of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water, and all the combinations thereof. Students who attend have purposefully or accidentally displayed potency in conjuring and manipulating these elements, usually with one element in particular. It is the role of the Academy to give the young witches and wizards of today the chance to grow and learn about both their talents and the world around them.
Previously, our school has faced a multitude of threats, whether they be Dark Mages invading the school, zombie invasions, and the International Student-Mage Tournament. A war began because of the latter, and multiple students and their teacher were sent overseas to fight. Now, however, due to mysterious circumstances, they have been ordered to go home in several days. How will the war continue to unfold? Nobody is quite sure, but Lady Blanchefleur continues to scheme regardless, and the threat of darkness continues to loom over the heads of every Mage in Europe. Those who are heading home face challenges of their own, as well. Healing, training, and the Magical and the Mundane struggles of coming to age as student-mages.
Our story has been an interesting one so far, filled with pride, drama, prejudice, romance, mystery, and bitter rivalry between students and teachers alike. All the while, demons and dastardly plots lurk in the background, threatening to tear apart a fragile piece between the forces of Light and the agents of the Dark...Yet one question remains unanswered still... How will your story unfold?
Hi! You might notice that some of this RP has remained the same as before, but there's something a little...different. Well, for starters, with Rhomaia CTE'd, I've taken the liberty of keeping this story going, and I've fused both Mana Academy and Tournament Wars, in order to expand the world of our RP (and to add more to our story in the future). In honor of Rhomaia, however, I've left their part of the IC in place, as I feel it describes quite well the atmosphere of our RP's story. If you do not know who I am, my name is Luminesa, and I have been a faithful co-OP of Mana Academy for about 3 years now. My co-ops are Kingdom of Irhk and Chrome Legion, who will happily help you with any IC or OOC concerns if I am not available. We are preparing to move forward a bit in our story, pulling some of our characters from Europe back toward the school of Mana Academy, and our world is soon going to expand into realms unknown! How will you play a part in the story?
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