<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=246233.msg12169321#msg12169321">Quote from: Lunar Raven on 21-03-2016, 00:58:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><em>In the mythical First World, dominated by the fae, mystical creatures gather at the prestigious Caernaven Academy of Heroes (http://www.mobileobstine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/shall-we-date-wizardessheart-walkthrough-ios-android.jpg), where they hope to train to become some of the mightiest champions in the world.  Whilst formerly a place where only the strongest and the elite gathered, recent decrees by the Courts of Summer and Winter have seen it that academy takes in one representative from every tribe, clan, or powerful family of ancient bloodline eligible to apply.  On the whole, everyone sends their best and all is well, but in recent peaceful times, new tribes have sprung up without any truly redeeming talent among their numbers.<br/><br/>Yet, even in that number, three particularly mediocre specimens stand out.  Their particular determination not to become the laughing stock of the academy caused them to seek out a curious tree, said to grant great power on those who could consume its fruit, the Mage Seed.  As it were, the Mage Seed only brought out greatness in those who had it in them, leaving them with no noticeable benefit.  Even so, they still had to go an represent their tribes and clans due to the Fey laws.<br/><br/>In the meantime, Caernaven hosts it's first human student, who unwittingly became the newest vessel of an eldritch entity long trapped in the Real World.  Unwilling to allow this power to remain trapped away in the world of human, he sent to Caernaven, and as part of the group selection procedure is lumped together the three misfits as a show that they are generally unhappy at having to host a human.</em></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>The Mage Seed was meant to be a fruit from a mystical tree they ate, which was supposed to bestow great abilities, but seemed to be a dud.  My initial idea was that they had each sought it out individually before they entered the academy so they could have great abilities like everyone else, but I'm not against it being something they did, let's say mid-term when they realised they weren't keeping up - group bonding as Knarfy put it.<br/><br/>Initially, they're not going to know that Gabriel can activate it (and maybe not for a little while afterwards either).