Faculty & Staff
Faculty¶
High Sun-Mage Oyamba¶
- Learned One of the Tempest Sun Mages
A masked leader of the Tempest-Sun mages. A good friend of Esi's mom.
Teacher Janatimo¶
- Male Human Storyteller
- Learned One of the Uzunjati
There are only 5 learned ones in the whole world; they are the head of their branch. Janatimo is kind, insightful, and entertaining, three important qualities that make any teacher popular. He is interested in exploring ideas and finding the truth in stories. He has recently returned from years of travel, and his office is in an unassuming building on the northeast edge of the canal-ringed campus.
Takalu Ot¶
- Male Human Teacher
- Cascade Bearers
- Possible demon
Takulu has a friendly smile. He wears clothing with crisp patterns and happy colors, which somehow never have a wrinkle on them no matter what the teacher has been doing recently. He has a favored wooden staff that he almost always carries with him—a gift from a student, which sometimes sprouts a tiny fruit or attracts a brave songbird—and also carries or wears a small trinket in the shape of an anteater, as he has a well-known and innocent delight for the animals.
Takulu is a skilled diplomat, as he deals with irate students and reticent academics on a daily basis. He’s also a very capable mbira player. When not teaching, he can be found watching birds on campus or out in the city of Nantambu, where he’s usually accompanied by his wife.
Koride Ulawa¶
- Female Human Naturalist
- Rain Scribes
Koride is an unorthodox entomologist who often doesn't even show up for lecture, forgets to grade papers, and doesn't like to follow the rules. She has an acerbic wit and a mean streak. She plays favorites, and has no shame in doing so. Her favorite research areas are the parts of nature that many people find repulsive: fungus, decay, and insects. Her open and honest fascination with repellent subjects is oddly charming and often contagious. She’s the Magaambya’s most skilled entomologist in generations.
Anchor Root, Chizire, and Haibram all like her teaching style; Anchor Root is one of Koride’s favorites, despite being exceedingly uncomfortable with that “honor.” Esi can’t stand Koride and wonders aloud why everyone doesn’t agree that she’s an awful teacher and a terrible person. Ignaci and Mariama do their best to avoid her, keeping their heads down in her classes.
She acquired the Vesicant Egg and kept it secret all this time. Soomdevi's trips to the shadow plane attracted attention from Serpentfolk sspies, who causes tons of havoc in the city as well as the university. Currently, she is studying it in the hopes to understand how to destroy it.
Zuma¶
- Male half-Orc Conspiracy Theorist
- Emerald Boughs
Zuma is a pholosopher, playwruight, and conspiracy theorist. Some might call Teacher Zuma "eccentric."" He would, most likely, correct them with a deeply — if questionably—referenced — rant about the need for alternative methods of information gathering and dissemination within the current political and magical climate.
The teacher’s intellect is sharp, and his mastery of defensive magic is superb. Zuma’s ability to distinguish strands of truth (though perhaps, at times, picking up “truths” where none exist) qualified him early on for the Emerald Boughs, and he’s now one of that branch’s most colorful members. Zuma’s classes range from details of eminently useful rituals to utterly nonsensical ramblings, often within the space of only a few minutes.
He’s well liked, although few students (or teachers) have the mental fortitude to interact with him for long. Tzeniwe, normally gracious and caring with everyone, has little patience for Zuma because she sees “when a web of thoughts is poorly shaped from insufficient foundations.”
Ahassunu¶
- Female Iruxi Diplomat
- Uzunjati
Ahassunu is a professor of diplomatic history. She is known for her lovely digressions into stories about the mwangi's past, and often needs to be put back on track when time is short. Ahassunu has a penchant for recalling the story beats of history in vivid detail, but forgets about the quotidian things of day-to-day life, even from just moments before. She sees time in a different way than many others.
Her latest per project is helping Alrinkiri explore their past.
Mafika Ayuwari¶
- Male human martial artist
- Tempest-Sun Mage
Mafika is a young Tempest Sun‑Mage teacher who believes everyone must be prepared for a physical fight, no matter how great their magical prowess. He recently returned from Tian Xia, where his team fought in the fabled Ruby Phoenix Tournament. They didn’t win but did well enough to earn international acclaim and no small amount of celebrity on campus. He wears a silk souvenir jacket with a leopard on it.
Mafika aims to build fighting skills with monthly tournaments on campus. He has obtained the aid of the campus’s leshys to grow tough constructs called MECHA-LESHIES to “ride” into fights. You were a finalist in the first tournament.
Teacher Nhyira¶
- Genderfluid elf
- Historian and arts patron
The joyrney goes without incident. You learn that Nhyira has eye for the creative, and is a ken observer of society. The Ekujae elf’s classes are invariably fascinating, and often involve some of the most talked about escapades on campus: she has had students design their own fortresses, perform live reenactments of sieges using those same fortresses, and then write original poetry of the glories and tragedies of the simulated assaults.
She also claims to hear plants growing!
Staff¶
Lumusi Yao¶
- Female Human Chef
- Manager of the dining hall
Lumusi is the campus's cook and considers the dining hall to be her domain. students receive two meals every day and that the dining hall is open from sunrise until two hours after sunset. She cooks up whatever's the most seasonal and fresh, offering a college-student twist on local fare.
She will let you do the dishes in your free time. Students eat free!
Xhokan¶
- Male kobold inventory manager
- Manager of the Powderpile
Xhokan manages the powderpile and trades beads with students. He's very punctilious — especially when it comes to matters of accounting, record-keeping, and the disbursement of goods and services. Xhokan’s store sells all adventuring gear; alchemical items, held tems, and worn items up to 3rd level; oils, potions, scrolls, and wands up to 5th level; and staves up to 6th level. He has connections with other merchants in the city.