The Academy
Synopsis
From rags to liches. A street-rat will claw her way to the top of the Academy.
Orphaned in the war, Lina has survived two years on the streets by her wits and picking pockets. She targets a black-robed wizard and lifts a bone-white slab from him—and something ancient and dead feels her do it.
The wizard tracks her down, and drags her north to the Academy. No one has ever connected with the artifact before.
Talent like hers can’t be allowed to go to waste.
Now Lina has to survive snide teachers, entitled students, and a necromancy curriculum she is months behind on. The problem is that the deathless thing she woke up isn’t done with her either. And it has been waiting a very long time.
Too bad.
Get in line, ghost. Lina has study credits to earn.
What to expect
- MC with talent, wit, and pent-up anger
- Street-rat to arch-necromancer
- A school run by a floating skull and a repurposed war machine
- Found family with romance subplot (no explicit scenes)
- Slow burn progression that ramps up
Three chapters a week. 20 advance chapters and very explicit bonus content on Patreon.
Statistics
Overall Score: 4.48 / 5
Status: Ongoing
Chapters: 62
On Royal Road: 2,459 followers · 4.52
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Similar themes and genresChapters (62 Total)
RSS- 1 Chapter 1. Above the Streets of Tenorsbridge
- 2 Chapter 2. Guys Don’t Grunt
- 3 Chapter 3. A New Skeleton
- 4 Chapter 4. Road North
- 5 Chapter 5. Realm of Cause and Effect
- 6 Chapter 6. What Is That Shape Even Called
- 7 Chapter 7. Meeting the Crew
- 8 Chapter 8. Best Kitchen on the Continent
- 9 Chapter 9. She’ll Slide Him Down the Stairs
- 10 Chapter 10. Earning the First Credit
- 11 Chapter 11. Faculty Lunch
- 12 Chapter 12. Learning to Channel
- 13 Chapter 13. They Come for Her
- 14 Chapter 14. Lombarte Strikes Back
- 15 Chapter 15. What if She’s Dead?
- 16 Chapter 16. Learning Runes
- 17 Chapter 17. Scriptures on Death
- 18 Chapter 18. Chancellor Jextor Spots Lina
- 19 Chapter 19. Touching Darkness
- 20 Chapter 20. Killing Lecturer Falar
- 21 Chapter 21. Throne of Bone
- 22 Chapter 22. Not as Scary as Before
- 23 Chapter 23. Gross but Accurate
- 24 Chapter 24. On Embodying Death
- 25 Chapter 25. Massive Bruises
- 26 Chapter 26. Elven Encounters
- 27 Chapter 27. A Magical Broom
- 28 Chapter 28. He’s Just a Janitor
- 29 Chapter 29. A Technical Explanation for a Magical Issue
- 30 Chapter 30. The Bursar Makes a Joke
- 31 Chapter 31. Minnelil Hisses
- 32 Chapter 32. Falar Doesn’t Haggle
- 33 Chapter 33. A Total Moron
- 34 Chapter 34. The Bigger Personality
- 35 Chapter 35. A Dragon, The Sun
- 36 Chapter 36. Good Reflexes
- 37 Chapter 37. Grit Works Hard
- 38 Chapter 38. The Bursar’s Broken Arm
- 39 Chapter 39. Minnelil in the Dark
- 40 Chapter 40. Grit Winks at Me
- 41 Chapter 41. Too Much Temptation
- 42 Chapter 42. The Conspice?!
- 43 Chapter 43. Bone Can Be Polished
- 44 Chapter 44. A Ritual to Rival the Legends
- 45 Chapter 45. A Vessel for Suffering
- 46 Chapter 46. Jextor Kicks a Skeleton
- 47 Chapter 47. They Have Other Problems
- 48 Chapter 48. The Tiger Bit My Face
- 49 Chapter 49. Put That Out!
- 50 Chapter 50. You’re Late
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