Eighty years ago, what was then known as the Kingdom of Mantle and the other three kingdoms – Vacuo, Vale and Mistral – were engaged in a Great War that shook all of Remnant. After years of bloodshed, the four kingdoms signed a truce on the island of Vytal. The end of the Great War led to a period of peace for all four kingdoms. The newfound peace was celebrated with the Vytal Festival, a biennial event where the people of Remnant gather to celebrate their unity and diversity. In memory of the conflict that occurred a friendly contest of combat ability between the Combat schools is held. The goals is to foster bonds of friendship and healthy rivalry between all the Kingdoms. About a month prior to the festival people flock to Vale from all over Remnant and students and faculty of the other schools are welcomed into Beacon's halls to participate in events and classes.<br/><br/>___________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/><br/>First impressions of Beacon? It was big, maybe even bigger than Haven. It was certainly impressive, not quite enough to make him doubt his choice to go to Haven over Beacon. In fact he'd grown rather fond of Haven over the course of his first semester. Especially his team... Speaking of team VANI... Where the heck were they? He'd lost track of them shortly after hearing the welcome address. Now he was supposed to find the visitor's dorms armed with nothing but a map that made no sense. If he was lucky he'd run into someone he knew from signal. Although he'd have to be really lucky, he hadn't really had many friends at Signal. The Hallways were positively labyrinthian! Yup, Indigo was lost. Azure was never gonna let him live this one down.