NPCs

Cassandra, Animated Armor, Battle Magic And Conjuration. Cassandra is an animated set of armor from the Dark Ages made to be a Wizard's Bodyguard. Unfortunately after a failed Divination Spell he saw a vision of his tower being crushed by a boulder from a nearby battlefield... about 5 seconds before it happened. So mourning the loss of her master for a time she decided to read the books that werent horribly crushed, and found a rather extensive collection of Conjuration spells, which was good because she desperately needed to get out of the mildly crushed and bent armor she was in. Over the years she came to appreciate knighthood and the practice of magic in combat, becoming surprisingly good at it! Of course the Dark Ages came and went, but she didnt let something as simple at that squash her spirit! (although she did end up accidentally scaring a few teenagers who stumbled upon her in her travels once or twice) After a long, long while of this, she was eventually offered a teaching position at the very academy where our story takes place.

Angel Volante, Artist, Sigil And Wards, Perfectionist. Angel was born to a family of mages who treasured and perfected their craft as soon as they could hold a brush without putting it in their mouths. His parents made sure he excelled, going so far as to force him to draw sigils for hours at a time. He didnt know anything else however and finally got to the point his family was proud of him, showing him off to the other mage families they knew as a prodigy. Once he came of age he would be paid a very tidy sum to place wards for the wealthy, until one day he got an offer he couldnt pass up. Teach a group of (probably) adoring students and show off his art to other extremely skilled mages.