The Indigo Academy, a subversive illusionist school based in Ninbolm, has managed to flout the Hierophant’s authority with great aplomb and typical gnomish cheek. While the rest of Ninbolm abides the Hierophant’s humorless thumb, the Academy devotes its time and energy towards clever and creative pranks. The frustrated Hierophant believes the academy must exist in a pocket plane because he cannot find it. The truth is that the school does not exist physically. It is a collective of wizards who pose as ordinary citizens. Their meetings are informal, and conducted entirely through disguises, codes and innuendo.
The Academy is beloved by Ninbolm’s common folk for brightening their lives. But there is more to the Academy than good-natured rebellion. Working around the city’s rigid, all-seeing theocracy is a means of honing their skills. Outsiders who can contact them often attempt to employ them in various schemes. The Indigo Academy knows they the best at what they do, and charge accordingly.
Connection
- One of the Academy’s greatest pranks is the creation of Unwerth the Immense (03.26).
- It also runs the Empty Drinkhall, an illusory substitute for alcohol.
Hooks
- Does the Indigo Academy have a ringleader? Who are its prominent members?
- What have been some of the Indigo Academy’s most epic pranks?
- Who in the Shrouded Lands is employing members of the Indigo Academy?