Selari Academy
Magic academy romance — one senior year to decide whom you walk home with.
Etched into this world
Moments players wrote that became part of this world's canon
The stiff pages of the New Student Handbook crackle under my thumb, Pia’s familiar script a comforting presence in the margins. A tiny, steaming teapot sketch on page seven, nestled beside a tip for the Bloomwarden Greenhouse, almost makes me smile. But then, a folded scrap tucked into the back cover catches my eye. It’s a crude map of the Artisan’s Workshop, an 'X' circled in a back corner, and a scrawled, urgent plea: "Faelan needs this for the Heartbloom display!" My pulse quickens.
The air around me isn't just air anymore; it's a symphony of shimmering golden threads, each one a living pathway converging into the luminous heart of the academy. A profound hum resonates deep within, pulling me effortlessly into a shadowed alcove I've never seen. There, a small, carved wooden box waits, its cool surface chiming faintly as my fingers brush it. Inside, nestled on dried petals, lies a smooth river stone, etched with a rose that seems to unfurl right before my eyes, humming with quiet power. Quill nudges it, then whines softly, his gaze fixed on a narrow crack where the sweet scent of starlight mint now drifts.
My fingers brush the soft earth, a gentle hollow for the Starlight Mint. As it settles, a pulse of light flares from its leaves, mirroring the passage's own dance, and a profound warmth spreads, humming like a lullaby through the air. Quill yips softly, then nudges my leg, as the very stone beneath us begins to thrum. Delicate tendrils of emerald moss unfurl from the ground, racing towards the mint, while the air fills with a sweet, earthy jasmine scent. The walls themselves shimmer, revealing intricate, root-like patterns now glowing towards the greenhouse.
Bloomwarden Greenhouse
dormitoryThe east wing — half greenhouse, half dormitory, all warmth. The glass-roofed central hall holds rows of growing tables and a small medicinal garden the senior healers have tended for a century. The dorms are tucked into the upper level, balconies trailing ivy down into the greenhouse below. The air smells of damp earth, mint, and whatever tea Aila Renne is brewing in the corner kettle today.
Heartforge Pavilion
dormitoryThe south wing — an open-sided practice pavilion with a small forge at one end and four sparring circles drawn in chalk on the wooden floor. The dorm rooms above are reached by an outdoor staircase; students often haul their breakfasts up the stairs in cloth napkins. The pavilion smells of charcoal, sweat, and the faintly sweet polish the senior students use on their practice blades. Theo Marwick is almost always somewhere in here, either teaching the younger students footwork or working through a sequence alone.
Inkbound Archive
dormitoryThe west wing — a working library that doubles as the Inkbound dormitory. Three floors of stacks, hand-bound volumes on every subject the academy teaches and many it doesn't. The dorm rooms open off the upper galleries; students study where they sleep and sleep where they study. The reading room on the ground floor has the academy's only fireplace large enough to read by all night. Pia Solen, the senior prefect, can usually be found at the long table by the window when she isn't running the quad.
Main Quad
plazaThe heart of Selari Academy — a square of pale flagstone bounded on four sides by the four house wings. A old willow stands at the center, its trunk worn smooth by decades of students leaning against it between classes. The four house doors all face the willow: Stargazer Spire to the north, Bloomwarden Greenhouse to the east, Inkbound Archive to the west, Heartforge Pavilion to the south. Above, the eight classrooms share a single corridor, reached by a spiral stair set into the willow's shadow. In autumn the quad is full of leaves, in spring full of cherry petals from the trees along the lake path.
Aila Renne
Bloomwarden senior student
Aldous
Stargazer student
Amara
Stargazer student
Anya, the Gardener
Lead Horticulturist of the Botanical Gardens
Archivist Kael
Head Archivist of Selari Academy
Arin
Heartforge junior student