Spirits

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[close] Dear ________, Headmaster Asheford and I have taken a special liking in you. Yes, we know about you and your "exceptional abilities". No, not your amazing talent to sing, or your spectacular gift in basketball. We are talking about your "bizarre" supernatural powers. Shape-shifting, telekinesis, flight, all of those things and more. You are not the only ones with these strange capabilities. There are plenty of us out there; just like you. We, at Celestial Academy, will teach you how to control these abilities properly. Pack your bags, child. Your ride will be here tomorrow morning at 9:30 am sharp. Welcome to Celestial Academy, student. Headmistress of Celestial Academy, Iris Gable

[close] Welcome to the Spirit World. It is much like the mortal world, albeit for the presence of strange magics and ancient spirits, thousands of years old. Where will your journeys in this strange place take you?

[close] In the world of Keras, in the country of Aiden, every year, a few children are born with the attributes of animals. Although they were originally called the Blessed children and thought to be gifts from the gods, people began to become jealous of the Blessed powers and social standing. This jealously grew like a disease and the Blessed children started to be hated, to be called the Cursed. People asked if they actually knew the Blessed were gifts from the gods and not manipulators sent by the demons. Over the years, this thinking became more prominent and eventually, everyone forgot that the children were once called Blessed, and not Cursed. In the present age, everyone lives in fear that their child will be one of the Cursed. Luckily for these Cursed children however, people are afraid of their powers and what would happen if they killed a Cursed child. And so, the old palace that had once been converted into a school for the Blessed, has become a prison for the Cursed. The Cursed now live out their lives trapped in the place that was once their haven. Are you a Cursed child? Can you survive in a world that hates, fears and traps you? Find out as you enter, The Palace of the Cursed.