
| THE PREMISE Have you ever dreamed you were someone else and it was so vivid that, for a moment, you were convinced you were that person. It couldn't be, of course. That person isn't even real and dreams are just dreams, right? Or, maybe not. A series of people, all around the world, are experiencing that very thing and, as it turns out, there's much more to it than it being just a dream. Those people are all reincarnations of fictional characters - imaginary people from literature, mythology, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, etc. They don't have conscious memories of their past lives, but, boy, do they dream about them. Some of them even have special abilities related to their former selves. The dreams can be good or bad, but the one thing they all are is vivid. Those affected might feel like they're going crazy at first, at least until they begin to discover that there are more people like them, that these aren't just random, recurring dreams. |
On the coast of Oregon, expertly hidden from Muggle view, Eligere Institute has been training young wizarding minds and preparing them for their adult lives for generations. Unlike some other magical schools, this one is quite exclusive, however. Since it's founding, Eligere has only accepted students from the finest families, students whose bloodlines were proven along with their capacity for academic excellence. This is a school for the Pureblood Elite.
Things run differently in the society of these witches and wizards. Many of the old ways are still embraced. Magic is not seen as good or evil, dark or light. Marriages are still arranged for many of these children - something which the school both supports and encourages. Boys are expected to pursue rewarding and lucrative careers while furthering their family's good name. Girls are expected to play their part in this, learning to be good wife, to run a proper household, and they are, of course, expected to marry a proper man and do their part to give him heirs.
We find ourselves, now, almost halfway through the 2009-2010 term at the Eligere Institute of Magical Edification, where we will follow the lives of the students in the upper grades - what most Muggles would call "high school." Our students are in grades nine through twelve, at ages ranging from fourteen to eighteen. Freshmen are growing acclimated their new surroundings, adjusting to the more rigorous academic of the upper Institute.. Juniors in the arranged marriage program and preparing themselves for married life by sharing a suite with their intended mates. Sophomores are either dreading or looking forward to that transition, unless they are one of the few who have not been promised to another. Seniors are preparing to take their last exams, being wooed by prospective future employers, planning their weddings and generally preparing to enter the real world.
Eligere is a role playing game set in real time that focuses on the social interaction the students in the upper institute. A majority of our students will be in the arranged marriage program and those matches will be chose for them by the mods at random. Will those random pairings win out or will some of our students rebel and find love elsewhere? That is what we're here to find out...