Day 0 -

My name is Arakah, and this is going to be a recording of my findings and times in Elderitch. My goal as the Man of Blood and Shadow is the lead the Scholars of Elderitch into a time of prosperity and leadership. I start my first task tomorrow as the headmaster of this prestigious academy, and I hope to bring some light to the wonders and powers of the Dark Arts. Ever since the passing of my dear sweet Nelvona, I’ve wished to make a world where others mustn’t lose those dear to them. I swore revenge on those filthy animals for what they did to her, but if I can instead shed the good light on these concepts, than maybe one day I could even bring her back to our suffering world, and show her how much better it is. I can’t keep writing, my students will be arriving soon. I will do my best to keep this up to date so whenever it is found after I am long gone, I can be an inspiration to the world of magic in times to come.

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Day 1 -

First few classes were a success. I have many students, but I will make it my personal duty to understand, if I can, every single one of them. There is one in particular that catches my eye, she’s a human, but also a demon. It’s quite odd. Her name is Marie. She’s in her final year at this academy so I won’t have much time to get to know her, but she has a very interesting aura to her, she claims to serve the demon king Drazernon, but I question the validity of such statements, especially one so blunt and bold, given that his majesty doesn’t really seem to like the Kingdom of Darkness to well. Maybe it’s a rare exception, but who am I to care? I am not particularly fond of our nobility but I will keep myself silent as to not incur the wrath of the king and get my title and this school as a whole revoked. Double so with her majesty, Lady Nomad. She would refuse this at face value, but she is quite scarier than her husband. King Drax is a feared and respected warrior but something about his wife is more intimidating to me, but that’s just my own thoughts.

I started hearing voicing in the halls earlier, none I could remember or pinpoint. I wasn’t sure if it was a student or my mind has truly started to go in my old age. I fear if that’s the case I may not last long, but we shall see. I’m not one to just give up so easily after all. But I wonder what this could mean if I am truly hearing voices. Peculiar to say the least of the matter.

Either way, I must stop now before I ramble for eternity, today was very simple so we shall see if my entries continue being this bland and short.

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Day 2 -

The classroom became a pure mess today, the students wished to test their skills with a mock fight, and I did my best to make the room usable for such a feat, but in the end it didn’t matter. I had the chairs and desks moved aside so the lecture hall was clear but somehow my students managed to involve the chairs and I’m pretty sure Marie got a student in the back with one. I’ll have to talk to her about this.

One point of interest was I had another vision, which I’m prone to quite often, I should explain since I didn’t in my previous entries but during my time studying under my own mentor, I lost my eye to a bandit while we were out practicing, I’ll never forget that day, it was the first time I’ve ever been forced to use my powers to kill someone. Honestly I shouldn’t say I enjoyed it but the rush I felt that day was immense, and powerful. I wanted more. My master was displeased when he came back to find my missing an eye, and I could tell he was furious I wiped out the entire bandit encampment, but somehow he didn’t show it, I never even got punished for such a deed, solely because I proved how powerful my magic was, and how skilled I was. Master was pleased, I just knew it.

But my vision was something of note, I should write it before I forget. I had a vision of the royal children, specifically one named Marz. I wasn’t sure Why I was seeing it, until I noticed something of importance, he was in the market place or Elderitch, his weapon up and combat ready, alongside a handful of fighters. They were being attacked. The robes of the attack resembled the teachers at this academy, and it really got me thinking… are they planning something under my nose. I’m old, but I sure as hell am not an idiot. I did some snooping around just to see what I could gather but not much was said. I’m assuming because of this, my vision is to far ahead of our own time that Marz’s return hasn’t even been talked about. But this raises its own flag in particular. Why did Lady Nomad send her son away to begin with? And where is he now?

That aside, I heard the voice again, this time it was growing slightly louder, but it was still impossible to pinpoint. It was a womanly voice though, almost nostalgic to me. This voice is giving me a weird feeling, like I should know it but I can’t place a finger on it. I wonder if this really is a prank, or if there’s something more. Whatever it is, it’s calling to me, and no matter how hard I try, I just can’t escape it. It wants me to do something, but why won’t it just make itself known? What am I doing… my rambling doesn’t make sense, forgive me. I’ll just cross it out and pretend I didn’t do that

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Day 3 -

I spoke with Marie, and she had a request for me. Apparently her services were needed by the demon king, and she asked if she would be able to take her leave as she is now. I was reluctant to accept this, as she was still not completely finished with her studies, but Marie is much more skilled than almost everyone here, she’s even beaten her teachers in duels, and that’s no easy feat to accomplish, as each teacher is hand picked purely based on skill and knowledge. Maybe when her services are done I should extend an invitation to her to teach here at the academy of Dark arts, she would make for an excellent teacher here. Hopefully her services aren’t going to hold her for long, someone like her with her potential is being wasted by that bastard king Drazernon, he wouldn’t even understand the first thing about her skills if it smacked him in the face. Like that chair.

Truthfully if it wasn’t for it being her wish, I might’ve declined the request to leave. Because I feel someone like Drazernon can’t be trusted. But then again I also can’t trust King Drax and I live here in Elderitch. Maybe something will happen that actually gives us a leader I can actually stand, it might just be me, and my feelings of resentment to the animalistic ones, but I just don’t see Drax as a suitable leader. My eye is burning for some reason, I guess that is a good place to stop, that’s usually a sign of what’ll happen before I have a vision. If anything if interest happens, I’ll write it.

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Day 3 (2) -

The burning was as I expected as soon as I set the pen down and lied myself down, I was thrown into another vision, this one not very clear, it was just rampantly flashing images, of a place I’ve never seen. It was a very poor and run down area, better off dead in some eyes. I couldn’t get a proper glimpse at what it was showing me though, there was a figure standing there, silent, somber, his stare distant, his eyes gone. He was drenched in blood. He had ears, and a tail of an animal so it wasn’t a human I was staring at, all I could see was the look of pain shooting out of his eyes, like he was looking at me directly. His blood stained face impossible to make out, he was practically lost. Maybe this is some higher being telling me to go and find him, putting the poor beast out of its misery, and trust me, I would if I could.

The world is cruel, the world is hateful… the world deserves to die

What is wrong with me?

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Day 4 -

I saw Marie off today, I decided it was best to give her the permission so she could return. She said it was important so who am I told hold back against a royal decree. I may detest Drazeron with every fiber of my being but I will let him have his wish if it keeps him from ever questioning me. It’s kind of sad to see her go, she’s skilled, and she is very much one of my best students. I will miss her. When I handed her the invitation, she said she would read it later, but when she said that I had a vision. I saw her with a young prince, she was smiling, and was leaning into him, he was red furred, with blue streaks, and had two large wings. He was a hybrid. The one thing about Marie I realized though, she didn’t look as human anymore. It’s like her demon side changed her appearance. She looked like a mix of demon and wolf, her human side slipping away slowly. It’s so weird to see.

I know I’ll have to accept whatever fate she goes with, but if she’s happy with that hybrid, I’m happy. She’s a brave, strong woman and she can go in without being a teacher here. I’ll send her my regards if she does actually meet him.

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Day 4(2) -

I learned the truth about Marie. She was a human, but her bastard father experimented on her and made her a chimera of sorts. She was forced to have demon and wolf blood Injected and it forced out her human blood, ever since she was little she was being forced into giving up her species and becoming something worse. She was neglected. I’ll share more tomorrow when I find out the full truth...