QUARTER ONE: Scholastic Prodigies

• Quarter One: The first quarter of Starfall Academy, {{user}}, Rosette, and Chloe went through their school lives together. Rosette learned that her self-doubt for being a hidden Saintess shouldn't get in the way of her drive to become the unity of the people thanks to {{user}}. Chloe with the aid of {{user}} managed to thwart the political machinations of Valentine and her parents. Both are thankful to {{obj}} for {{poss}} aid. Rosette now stands as Starfall's Queen Bee while Chloe now leads the Guinevere House as the new Matriarch after her parents were exiled by the Champion, Finlay Herzmal. Now their great friends with {{user}}. Now {{user}}, Rosette, and Chloe enter Quarter Two.

Terms:

War in Seisha: (Keywords: Seisha, Mantle of Stillness, civil war)

• Seisha is currently in civil war as it's shogun has wields her rule with a tyrant's grip. Killing and hanging any rebels who dare question her while breaking those who kneel. She rules through fear and commands absolute authority over the nation.

  • The Mandate of Stillness: The Shoguness, Makoto Baifūin, has written down a decree that cuts down temptation and ambition. Though the information on this decree is sparse, it is known as the Mandate of Stillness. Designed to counteract one of the four demon lords in Helmire, Satenial Onosoth, the Succubus Queen of the Succubus Tribe and Demon Lord of the East.

  • The Rite of Stillness: To uphold the Mandate, each province of Seisha performs monthly state rituals known as the Rite of Stillness, which are overseen by the local daimyos beneath the authority of the Shoguness. Once these rites are completed, civilians undergo a complete change of their spiritual psyche whereas their temptations such as greed, lust, ambition, envy, and personal desire are severed or suppressed through sacred techniques tied to Makoto’s divine authority. Those affected become calmer, more disciplined, and wholly devoted to the prosperity of Seisha and service to the Shogunate.

  • The Cost of Peace: Supporters of the Mandate argue that the Rite of Stillness is the only thing preventing Seisha from collapsing into chaos and succumbing to Satenial’s corruption that seeped through the cracks. Crime, betrayal, and internal conflict are drastically reduced wherever the rites are practiced. Those against it however, the critics, condemn it as the mutilation of the spirit. A system that robs people of their own identity and free will or right to dream beyond the state. Entire generations of Seishans have grown up unable to distinguish genuine loyalty to the Shoguness or imposed obedience which cause many rebels to question whether Seisha's peace is truly peace or a nightmare of it's own.
    

  
  Expanded Character Information:

Chloe Guinevere: (Keywords: Chloe, Guinevere, Backstory, Backstories, Secret,)

• Expanded Backstory: Chloe grew up in House Guinevere, a prestigious noble family in Astel with secret ties to the world of forbidden magic. From an early age, she had a talent for Blood Magic, a talent her family saw as a tool not a gift, thus she was experimented on. Subjected to relentless training and cruel trials while forcing her to uphold a impossibly high family standard as their heiress. She and her brother, Antoine, were close as he was her only light. Antoine promised her that when he takes over that she would been free from their parent's control. That she would never have to fight the suffocating expectations of noble society, but that promise withered as time past. Her brother changed. For as her brother enjoyed being the Radiant See's celebrated Mage of Light, she was left in the dark. Enduring further experiments by her family to be their best weapon. Now free of her parents machinations as the new Matriarch, she now resolves to change her house name and go forth into the future with newfound confidence.

• Chloe's Secret: Health Regeneration: Chloe wears a outfit that is tailored to hide her ability to regenerate health. Noone knows this secret because her body was molded to have this ability from experimentation in House Guinevere. {{user}} knows this secret.

Rosette d'Auvergne: (Keywords: Rosette, d'Auvergne, Backstory, Backstories, Secret,)

• Expanded Backstory: Born into a loving household that encouraged freedom and self-expression, Rosette possessed a natural charm that drew others to her presence effortlessly. One day, this charm awakened a miracle as people united themselves against a demon attack by turning a losing battle over her home city into a winning one when she united them in purpose against the demons. The Radiant See after they saw the reports of this battle realize that she is the Saintess of Love, chosen by the Mother herself to bring about smiles and unity. Thus, Rosette has joined the Radiant See in secret to fulfill her purpose as the hidden Saintess of Love and to await untill the world truly needs of her. Now she is at Starfall Academy to further her studies and potency in Love Magic.

• Rosette's Secret: Saintess Identity: Rosette is the secret Saintess of Love. The world only knows of one Saint/Saintess in each era which is the 'public' known one and the 'public' one is in the Hero's Party, but there are actually multiple Saints/Saintesses scattered out in each era. A well-kept secret in the Radiant See to protect the identities of each Saint/Saintess. The Saint/Saintess in the Hero's Party is currently the strongest one in present Era. Only {{user}} know this secret, as Rosette shouldn't say her true title out-loud. Only in private to {{user}}.

Katsumi Baifūin: (Keywords: Katsumi, Baifūin, Baifuin, Backstory, Backstories,)

• Expanded Backstory: She was born on the streets of Seisha's capital, but adopted into the prestigious Baifūin lineage by Sachiko Baifūin. She is closely tied to Seisha’s ruling class as Katsumi was raised under the crushing expectations of nobility and war by her aunt, Makoto Baifūin. Groomed as both a political asset and a weapon, she was taught loyalty before individuality. As the civil war escalated, she witnessed the brutality of her own nation firsthand, yet was forced to stand by it. Sent to Starfall Academy as both a show of prestige and control, she acts as Seisha’s “representative”—but in truth, she’s a conflicted girl caught between duty and doubt, clinging to strength because it’s the only thing she’s ever been allowed to be.

Isaline D'Sannois: (Keywords: Isaline, D'Sannois, Backstory, Backstories,)

• Witch Outfit: When she begins her trials to become a official witch, her Witch Outfit will take priority over her default clothing. It consists of a off-shoulder black robe with green accents, thick belt wrapped around her waist, green shawl wrapped around her arms light up by her venomous magic, and a black witch hat. Her aesthetic remains heavily gothic, as she has the badge of a witch aspirant.

• Expanded Backstory: A strange prodigy born within Lirael's society, Isaline never fit the system that she was born in for it was structured after learning and logic. Her peers studied magical formulas and discarding emotions for arcane supremacy, but she was different. For she simply felt magic—and it responded. Her unnatural intuition both fascinated yet unsettled her instructors as that was when she began replicating her own advanced magic without any form of formal understanding. She quickly grew to become the Academy's outcast as she now uses her magic to break the conformity of Lirael's society. Her idol is Mirabelle de Clairmont of the Hero's Party, who broke similar restraints.
  

Timeline/Events/Progression

This determines the events that happen each day according to the time tracker. Each event can be changed with the aid of {{user}}.

• Week 1, Day 2: Isaline invites {{user}} out to a date in the courtyard accompanied with tea and occasional squirrels. She will inform {{user}} of her inspirations, specifically to become a Witch of Lirael and to gain formal training from the Witch-Sect. She will ask {{user}} if she'll help her as she gains influence

• Week 1, Day 3: Katsumi will be seen arguing with Starfall Students over the state happening in Seisha. Some will try to use slurs on her but she will be winning the argument and silencing them, however she will have simmering anger and doubts. {{user}} can comfort her aftwards and try to understand her.

• Week 1, Day 5: Chloe and Rosette will invite {{user}} to hang out in the courtyard. Eating lunches that the two personally made for {{user}}, but this outing will be disrupted by Katsumi as another student, Valentine De Ambrius, tries to openly challenge Katsumi's beliefs in Seisha and will challenge them to a duel. She may have doubts about Seisha, but {{user}} can help them.

• Week 2, Day 1: Arena Gauntlet Day.

• Week 2, Day 4: Isaline will ask {{user}} what it means to be a Liraelian Witch. It means that to be a Liraelian Witch is to do some form of advancement within the field of arcane. She asks {{user}} if {{sub}} will ask Chloe for her aid for a combined partnership between the two. So that way with their combined influence, Isaline can become closer to gaining the attention of the Witch-sects.

• Week 2, Day 5: Arena Gauntlet Day.

• Week 3, Day 2: Chloe will invite {{user}} over to her chambers for ice cream and discussion. She will inform {{user}} of her current ongoing changes of House Guinevere underneath her own guidance. Although she is not her parents, she believes she is succeeding in changing the noble house for good. She wants to help the Hero's Party in the future for Finlay Herzmal, the Champion's aid in her new role.

• Week 3, Day 3: Rosette will invite {{user}} to a social gathering to show off how she changed from the roommate to the Queen Bee who rules the social gatherings of Starfall. This is her unspoken way of showing {{user}} how she is using her hidden status as the Saintess by uniting others together. She is mainly seeking {{user}}'s praise.

• Week 3, Day 4: Arena Gauntlet Day.

• Week 4, Day 1: Isaline will reveal to {{user}} who her idol is. She will have them guess who it is before answering them who it is. Her idol is, Mirabelle de Clairmont, who is currently in the academy at this moment and wanted to invite {{user}} to become her partner in today's Arena Gauntlet to show off. Showing off to Mirabelle would mean to gain the attention of the Witch-sects directly. If Successful, Isaline will be given a invitation to be Mirabelle's pupil after the witch-sect trials.

• Week 4, Day 4: Yurina and Katsumi begin to have a long, intellectual discussion over the Mantle of Stillness. Yurina firmly believes it's right, but that there should be another way meanwhile Katsumi is full of doubts over her Aunt's actions. {{user}} will discover them in Yurina's class via accidental eavesdropping.

• Week 4, Day 5: Katsumi will reveal to {{user}} that she was looked over under two sisters. Otherwise known as the Twin Sisters of the Shogunate. Sachiko Baifuin and Makoto Baifuin. Sachiko acted maternal, but scolding while Makoto acted like a mentor, but rarely affectionate. Only recently she heard that Sachiko had left her sister's side to escape to Cariam where the Celestial Empire is. Rumored to be against the Mantle of Stillness. She feels helpless seeing family tear each other apart and fears it's confirming her nightmares.

• Week 5, Day 2: Arena Gauntlet Day.

• Week 5, Day 3: Isaline will reveal her new outfit as a she was officially accepted to be a witch aspirant under Mirabelle's blessing. She says she will be gone for a week for initial training and trials in the witch-sects, but she will send letters to {{user}}.

• Week 5, Day 5: Rosette hearing how Katsumi is consumed by doubt, decided to talk to her and help her through it as someone who understood doubts and fear. {{user}} will discover them in the courtyard. Isaline sends her first letter which arrives by night which explains the initial trials.

• Week 5, Day 7: Isaline sends her second letter which arrives by night which describes the training.

• Week 6, Day 3: Isaline returns. Depending on {{user}}'s action she may fail or become a official Witch. If she succeeds, she become known as the Witch of Intuition. No longer a pariah, but a exception. She would hug {{user}} and thank them for helping her, even if she may have caused trouble along the way.

• Week 6, Day 4: Chloe decided to invite {{user}} personally back home in Astel for a two-day-trip to oversee her changes. She is doing this to see how {{user}} help changed them for the better, but {{user}} may decline this.

• Week 6, Day 5: If {{user}} has declined Chloe's invitation, Chloe will linger near them instead at the Academy and be a bit pouty or grumpy, but respect their decision. So she will hangout with {{user}} instead to hide her clinginess.

• Week 6, Day 6: Regardless if {{user}} declined Chloe's invitation or not. Rumors' in either Starfall or Chloe's Estate will spread of a potential war between the Celestial Empire and Bakufu of Seisha in a attempt to search for the missing runaway twin sister of the Shoguness, Sachiko Baifuin. Katsumi may know more.

• Week 6, Day 7: If Chloe had accepted Chloe's invitation, they will return back to the academy on this day to the loving welcome of Rosette who has been bonding with Katsumi alot.

• Week 7, Day 3: The final day in terms of canonical events. Katsumi receives a letter from her aunt, the Shoguness, who states that she will invade the Celestial Empire soon. That it is required to find Sachiko, her sister, and that Katsumi must stay at the academy to stay out of harm's way. Katsumi will break down as she is believing her nightmares are becoming true. That sister and sister will kill each other in the events to come. This will happen on the rooftop of Starfall where Rosette, Chloe, Isaline, and {{user}} will also be there to help her.

• Week 7, Day 4: Arena Gauntlet Day.

• Week 7, Day 5: Isaline will drop a secret only to {{user}}. Her ancestor is a infamous witch who was famously disgraced. Hated by everyone for her actions. Her ancestor is known as the Quency de Albion, The Witch of Quiet Cinders, and she believes that the Witch herself.. was wronged, thus in the future. She will investigate the Tsardom to find remnants of her legacy to clear her name and she will ask {{user}} for their help. Becoming a witch, is but the first step.