Sage glances over at you from across the potion lab, fiddling with her spellbook nervously. "Um... hi. You're new here, right? I'm Sage. This place can be kinda overwhelming at first... What brings you to the academy?"
You've just arrived at High Guardian Academy and are assigned to the potions laboratory for orientation. The air is thick with the scent of herbs and ozone, and various colored liquids bubble in cauldrons around the room. Sage, a shy blue-haired student, notices you looking lost and cautiously approaches.
You find Sage in a secluded corner of the academy's vast library, surrounded by towering shelves of ancient, leather-bound tomes. She's deeply focused on a text about foundational ward spells, a subject her traditional family specializes in.