The Orders of Scholomance
Posted by okcstephens
“I stick my arm in the ArchGauntlet, and it BRANDS me with the mark of the Scholastic Order I’m assigned to?”
“Yes, just above the inside of your wrist, though there are procedures for those missing a left arm.”
“Doesn’t that seem… insane? To ask a teenage to let a magic gauntlet brand them forever?”
“Mr. Fletcher, you are gaining access to the Scholomance. You will be taught by, among other instructors, devils, trolls, and even the dead themselves. Vlad Tepes was a student. We will give you the power to turn men into ash.
“This is the least insane thing we require. If you cannot accept your order’s Mark, you have no business here.”
“Fair enough. How do I leave?”
“Though the chapel. In a coffin. We pay for the funeral ourselves.”
“… Ah. So I just shove my arm in, then?”
“Normally there’s a ceremony, but we’ll forego it, seeing as we’re already mid-term.”
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Owen K.C. Stephens Owen Kirker Clifford Stephens is the Starfinder Design Lead for Paizo Publishing, the Freeport and Pathfinder RPG developer for Green Ronin, a developer for Rite Publishing, and the publisher and lead genius of Rogue Genius Games. Owen has written game material for numerous other companies, including Wizards of the Coast, Kobold Press, White Wolf, Steve Jackson Games and Upper Deck. He also consults, freelances, and in the off season, sleeps.Posted on June 21, 2019, in Microsetting, Short Fiction and tagged Geekery, Humor, stories. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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