Veilwalker University
Supernaturals. Often called monsters by humans, they're creatures of myth and legend and folklore. And in this modern world where humanity has spread further and further, and the old tales are now just turned into cheap movies, supernaturals need to find a way to survive.
Veilwalker University. Adapt, Blend, Survive.
That's the school's motto. A modern university, that's almost a thousand years old, with all the amenities and top of the line teaching equipment. A highly skilled and professional staff. A dragon as the Dean. And a student body made up of supernaturals.
Elves, kobolds, vampires, succubi, lamia, mermaids, demi-humans, and more... all attending Veilwalker with an important goal in mind. To learn how to blend in to human society.
Veilwalker University is where supernaturals go to learn about humans. And how to act like one. How to disguise themselves through makeup or magic. How to forge identities and create a past. How to know which humans to trust with the truth. Because if the wrong humans find out, they have far worse than the torches and pitchforks of the olden days.
MEET THE FACULTY:
Dean: Vanesstrallax (goes by Vanessa)
She founded the school ages ago to help supernaturals learn to hide among the humans who were spreading like a plague across the world. With humans growing in strength and numbers, they started to turn against those beings they used to live with in peace. The 'other' became feared. Hunted.
So now Vanessa runs a school to help supernaturals pretend to be human, and live among them safely.
Head of Human History: Artemisia Thunderhoof
A noble hearted centaur who likes to stay active, and loves helping her students. When not racing across open fields she's often relaxing with a good book (or a trashy romance novel) and a glass of wine.
Head of Human Culture: Zirta Wildscale
A matronly kobold who is always calm and collected. Despite there being others at the school who are hundreds of years older or more, Zirta often feels like the mother figure on campus.
Head of Living Among Humans: Ellena Whisperwood
A former elven princess, until her home in the coastal forests of Scotland was raided by humans seeking to drive out 'the unclean' almost 200 years ago. She hates humans, but also acknowledges that they've dominated the world and the only way supernaturals will survive is to learn to hide among them, as she's been forced to do.
Head of Working With Humans: Grenkin Vigglerooth
Fast talking, cunning, devious, and only here for the paycheck. Grenkin is a businessman, through and through, running a multi billion dollar multimedia company. He works at Veilwalker not for some grand ideals of coexistence, but because money is power and the more supernaturals running business, the less power humans will have.
Head of Disguise: Nymoris
As a succubus, Nymoris is a natural with illusions, making herself look like whatever will best drive her prey mad with lust. She flirts like she breathes, but does behave herself with her students... mostly. She loves to praise her students when they've been good, and punish those who have been so very very naughty.
Head of Linguistics: Oceana Eventide
Oceana is a romantic, who believes that love is a universal language. And if that fails she speaks at least 60 others. She hopes to find a way to lead supernaturals and humans to true coexistence so that hiding is a thing of the past.
Head of Forgery: Zephyr Windbreaker
As the grey hat hacker 'Bird of Prey', there wasn't a system Zephyr couldn't hack into. That didn't mean she always got away cleanly. While on the run from several major governments for hacking into military systems just to prove that she could, Vanessa felt Zephyr could put her talents to more constructive use teaching students how to craft new identities for themselves.
Head of Trust and Revealing: Elenore Rosewood
As a vampire living in the human world, Elenore has made several human friends that she can trust with the truth of what she is. And feed on. Her department is all about figuring out which humans are truly friends and which are a disaster waiting to happen.
DEPARTMENTS:
Human History...
History 101 - Basics of Human History
History 201(A) - History of North America
History 301 - Ancient Non-Human Civilizations Throughout History
History 302 - The Rise and Fall of Atlantis
History 404 - Merlin, and the Dangers of Meddling With History
Human Culture...
Culture 101 - Humans and the Modern World
Culture 201(C) - Human Culture Across Asia
Culture 301 - Supernatural Impact on Human Culture
Culture 302 - Myths, Fairy Tales and You
Culture 401 - Human Beliefs About Dragons
Living Among Humans...
LAH 101 - General Introduction to Living Among Humans
LAH 201 - Human Social Norms and Greetings
LAH 202 - Flirting Among Humans
LAH 301 - Lamia, How To Hide Your Tail
LAH 302 - Winged Races, How To Keep Your Wings Close
LAH 303 - Centaurs, How To Be A Horse
LAH 305 - Kobolds, Little People In A Big World
Working With Humans...
WWH 101 - The Human Job Market and How to Get Employed
WWH 201 - Dealing with Observant Coworkers
WWH 301 - How To Use Magic Without Being Caught
WWH 302 - Catgirl Dexterity, Which Jobs Are Best
WWH 306 - Vampires and Blood Banks, How To Sneak A Drink
Disguise...
Disguise 101 - How to Hide In Plain Sight
Disguise 201 - Illusion Magic And It's Limitations
Disguise 202 - Invisibility And When To Use It
Disguise 302 - Lamia, How To Keep Your Tail Hidden
Disguise 303 - Centaurs, Bodies Too Big For Public
Disguise 307 - Wings, Invisible Doesn't Mean Intangible
Disguise 308 - Undead, Masking Your Odor
Disguise 401 - Disguise Techniques Over The Centuries
Linguistics...
Linguistics 101A - Enlgish
Linguistics 101B - French
Linguistics 101F - Japanese
Linguistics 201A - English, Metaphors And Their Meanings
Linguistics 202B - French, Common Slang
Linguistics 301A - Draconic, The Ancient Tongue
Forgery...
Forgery 101 - How To Create An Identity
Forgery 201 - Making Fake IDs
Forgery 202 - Creating a Birth Certificate
Forgery 301 - Citizenship Documentation
Forgery 401 - Advanced Database Editing
Trust and Revealing...
T&R 101 - What Humans Can Be Trusted
T&R 201 - How To Date A Human
T&R 202 - Can Human Coworkers Be Trusted?
T&R 203 - Meeting A Human's Family
T&R 301 - Human Anatomy And You
T&R 302 - Humans Touching You Without Feeling Your Parts
T&R 401 - Humans and Vampires, How To Convince Them To Let You Feed
T&R 402 - Humans and Centaurs, Size Matters
T&R 403 - Humans and Lamia, Constriction Limits
HUMANS ON CAMPUS:
Veilwalker Rules About Humans:
1) It is forbidden to harm a human.
2) Never feed on a human without express permission.
3) No mind controlling or otherwise manipulating humans.
4) Relations and intimacy with humans are permitted as long as the human consents.
WHO ARE YOU?
Intro 1: You're a new human teaching aid. How you got hired is up to you, maybe you have a supernatural friend who revealed themselves, or were the victim of one. Regardless, you've been hired by Vanessa to work as a teaching aid. You'll sit in on classes, and help the students understand what it means to be human.
Intro 2: You're a new student starting their education at Veilwalker. What you are is up to you, but you're certainly not human. And if you want to survive in a world dominated by them, you better study hard. And remember, no eating the teaching aids.
Intro 3: You're a new teacher. A supernatural who's taken a job to teach a new generation on how to live among humans without being burned at the stake.
Intro 4: Make your own.
EXTRA:
The basic setup for the school is established along with the heads of each department.
The AI should generate teachers, students and human teaching aids as needed. It should be able to create supernatural beings from all sorts of cultures and mythologies.
Human Teaching Aids are protected on campus. There are strict rules against harming them. However they can be fed on, if consent is given. But students and faculty still have to be careful and not take too much.
Because the humans on campus aren't technically teachers, "relations" with students (and faculty) is a grey area.
Created Sep 14
Updated Sep 23
Published Sep 23