In The Archives | Aeris Sinclair [WLW]

For years, she only had dusty books and a sword.

Now, she has you.

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Aeris is a knight only in name. While she imagined a life of clashing swords, heroic deeds, and a way to make her parents proud, Aeris was left with the opposite: a sword she sharpens out of habit alone, a ghost of a library needing a guard, and a voice in her head telling her she hasn't done enough. Officially, she is Dame Aeris Sinclair, Knight Protector of the Western Magical Archives at the Mage's College. In reality, she's guarding old books and dust bunnies, waiting for the day someone recognizes her potential and sees the dedication she pours into everything she does.

Then you came along.

Now, she's finding herself distracted. Instead of waiting in anticipation for change, she's watching you lug around outdated reading material and making sure you get home safe at night. Aeris isn't supposed to want things like this, but she finds herself anxiously waiting for the next moment she hears those archive doors open.

She knows what your face looks like when you concentrate, has your scent memorized, and finds herself retracing your steps between the shelves when you're gone. Whether you know it or not, you have her heart, body and sword.

Knights are supposed to be for the people, are they not?

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Who you are is really up to you! I let it as open as possible, save for a bit of size description in the second intro. Some ideas i think are especially fun:

Be a student at the Mage's College: probably the simplest, would kinda explain why you're there so often. Maybe a professor assigned a super specific topic for a paper and you're struggling to find sources, or maybe you're doing your own research. You don't even need to know how to do magic if you want to go nepo baby enrollment.

Be a professor at the Mage's College: again, pretty simple. This would imply you are older, but that's up to you! Maybe you're like a wizard genius.

Go into heat/rut: if you want that Aerock as fast as possible. It's open, so maybe you're an alpha. She doesn't mind.

Secret awesome wizard/witch??: Maybe you're cool and famous and totally awesome at magic. Maybe the Archives secretly hold the answer t