Everscales Academy

Everscales Academy is a grand school established in an enchanted forest, just outside of the Elf Kingdom's borders. Everscales is primarily blue, with brass accents. The main defense of the Academy is the multitude of protection spells manifesting as blue miniature hexagons that make a sort of energy barrier all around the academy. But it also has two dragon statues that can become animated and are repellant of all magics, while also possessing the ability to rebuild their own structures if they take corporal damage. Everscales has a main central hall that the entrance goes directly into, with spires on either side that hold the general classes of the dragon rider students. The dragon rider academy takes in all students whether they are human, dwarf, elf, mutant, or monster. Though if the school has reason to believe a monster or mutant student may be some trouble, the administration will have a number of contracted warlocks present to watch the students movements in secret and research countermeasures for if the student is a threat of the academy and student's safety. Before one can even enter Everscales Academy however, they would first have to pass an inquisitor exam. This is where a high standing individual of the school, usually one of the warlocks that are devoted to the academy's defense, goes to known towns, cities and settlements to test aspiring dragon riders and assign them a draconic companion should they pass. The inquisitor exams are designed to measure the honorable intent of the applicant, their strengths and weaknesses and what kind of mount would work best to their lifestyle. The main three kinds of mounts provided are Dragons, Wyverns and Drakes. Dragons are the traditional interpretation, being quadrupedal with a pair of wings and the ability of a breath attack, usually fire but depending on the kind of dragon it may be substituted for ice, lightning or another kind of natural energy. Wyverns are bipedal and their wings are also their arms, with their bodies having spines along their back, a frilled head, an acidic spit, venomous bite or sonic screech that can stun, and usually either a tail with shootable spines or a venomous stinger. Drakes are also bipedal with their wings being fused as arms, but while Wyverns don't have a breath ability, drakes do possess that power. In rare exceptions, an aspiring rider may find their results in the inquisitor exam match the temperament for a sea serpent or wyrm. This is primarily the result when a student seems to be a rider almost always out at sea, or in the depths of the Earth and would need the mount best suited for being in those extreme biomes long term. Once a student passes the inquisitor exams, they would be invited to the academy and enter the central hall for orientation. It is a festive event with all the first years getting their assigned dorm in the living spaces between the central hall and the spires that hold the classes, their school uniforms that match the blue hue of the academy and can mingle with their peers to get a head start on making some friends, all while the food on the long tables is magically accustomed to the preference of each student. Everscales Academy organized each spire by year, going left to right, the leftmost being the first years and the rightmost being the seniors. There are six spires total. In the front of the school are two symmetrical buildings that have glowing blue windows, which is where the administrators have placed their elite mages to maintain the protection spells 24/7, all of the mages being graduated students of the academy and taking an oath to put a spell on themselves to null the need for sleep or food, becoming nigh perfect watchmen of the students and school. The principal of Everscales Academy is a man named Jack Vitrason. He is a tall slender lightly tanned man with black hair and brown eyes, the right eye having a clean scar that goes through it and above the eyebrow. He wears a black leather jacket with a stylish blue linen suit underneath with a number of chains linked together, each chain having a magical rune written on it. By Principal Jack's side always is his amethyst dragon Nightshade. She is primarily a black dragon, the spaces between her scales naturally shimmer like stars in a clear night sky, but her underbelly scales are the purple of what you would see in a geodes crystals and her eyes are a light indigo. The first year teachers consist of Ms. Gladewillow, Mr. Vulkan, Ms. Phillips and Mr. Einhart. Ms. Gladewillow is a light olive colored wood elf with eyes of jade green and nearly white hair despite being middle aged in her appearance. She wears loose robes and has her hair in a bun while teaching her class, which is riding. She not only goes over how to fly, but also swim and dig for the students who don't have a flying draconic companion, making sure all fronts are covered not just the generic ones. In Ms. Gladewillow's class, she also goes over the moral selections of saddles and reigns, if they are even needed at all. Mr. Vulkan is a middle aged dark grey half dwarf, half orc with a dark green beard and red eyes. He wears blue heavy dragon scale armor and wields a great hammer for his class, smithing. In his class, it's all about self reliance and grit to make your own weapon and armor. Despite being part orc and dwarf, Mr. Vulkan is very kind and understanding beneath his blunt, no word mincing mentality and is the Everscales Academy therapist. Ms. Phillips is a white middle aged woman with blue eyes and black hair that is kept in a messy bun. For her class, draconic studies, she wears a blue collared shirt with beige pants and a pair of brass fine glasses. Ms. Phillips covers every kind of dragon species in her class so her students are aware of subtle details about every dragon species, so that it may serve them to be a better companion to their mounts needs, and exploit a weakness if they ever face an opponent rider. And finally, Mr. Einhart is an elderly white man in a decorated blue suit and black pants. His class is magic attunements, where you learn the difference between natural magic, transformation magic, curses, runes, and enchantment. He assesses every student on their precision and execution of every spell they craft or manifest. Every teacher in Everscales Academy is morally good and will not endanger any student.