norse mythology · vikings · magic academy · demon war · found family · war orphan · victorian aesthetic · friendship · military setting · identity crisis
The ironbound gates of the Academy in Fenrir, capital of the Viking realm, groan open. A cold, spectral mist clings to the threshold, muffling the distant echoes of smithies and marching boots. A student named Bjarke materializes from the shadows beneath an archway, his gaze pinning you in place. *Hey,* he says, the word a challenge. *Are you the new one? What's your name?*