Strength of Thousands

Campaign Journal

Definitely not bees

Faran

A young Alijae elf lad from Nagisa. His parents studied at the Magaambya, so why not him too?

Meera Dunyenya

An amurren from Nantambu. She's always got one eye out towards the jungle, but she doesn't want leave her home entirely behind either.

Matuas

A perfectly normal human from a village somewhere deep in the jungle which are definitely not spider people. Maybe it was a strange urge to come to the academy? Or was it more of a nudge from the other villagers who felt his powers were too dangerous?

Rib

A young kholo, who got told by his dead and eaten grandmother to go all the way west to study at the Magaambya.

Rib's Notes #1

July 13th, 2025 — Rib

So after weeks of travel down the rivers, watching the scrubland and savannah give way to lush forests, I finally made it: the city of Nantambu, home of the Magaambya. I’ve fought, coerced,...

Session 1: Orientation

July 13th, 2025 — Meera Dunyenya

Today is finally the day! I finally get to join the Magaambya! I have no idea what to expect, so I’ve packed light. There will be student housing, but anything beyond the basic necessities I’ll...

Session 1: Welcome to the Dorm

July 13th, 2025 — Faran

Hello parents,
all is going well, i finally arrived at the Magaambya, all safe and sound.
It was raining cats and dogs when i arrived and we directly got a soort off entrance exam by...

Bruised Rib (Notes #3)

July 27th, 2025 — Rib

I’m in so much pain, and I don’t know if I’m going to survive. If I don’t, I leave Nanna in Teacher Ott’s care. My equipment and charms I leave to the Magaambya.
From what I remember it...

pugly situation

July 27th, 2025 — Faran

Hello Parents,
another few days, another BIG thing happened... Spoiler i almost died!

So first thing first our enemy seems to be the “scary ghost”! And they give their orders...

Session 1, 2

July 27th, 2025 — Matuas

Dear journal,

I met my classmates today and had my first tests and lessons today at the academy.

Rib is a Kholo, very loud, very wise in combat. Het doesn’t seem to know all the...

Session 2 - (Dis)orientation

July 27th, 2025 — Meera Dunyenya

Day 3 - evening

Our cohort got a task from Esi for the Tempest-Sun mages. Some gremlins, more specifically pugwampi’s, had taken up residence in one of the campus food stores, and we...

The Leshy Secret

August 16th, 2025 — Faran

Dear diary,

this time i only write to you, because i am so embarrassed what happened this time..

A lot of time passed and only a few things happened during this time so we had...

Rib's Notes #3

August 16th, 2025 — Rib

This place continues to surprise me. When Teacher Ott came to talk to us after we’d recovered from the attack, I'd assumed that we were going to be punished for our failure and I was ready to...

Session 3 - First classes & combat practice

August 16th, 2025 — Meera Dunyenya

The main focus of my studies will be from the Rain Scribes faction. Besides matching well with the experiences I have from before college, I also like that they’re called “The Explorers”. I...

Session 3 - Matuas

August 16th, 2025 — Matuas

Weeks of education, it’s very nice. Learning a lot. My study track for the cascade bearers is going well. We helped Haibram with getting really high with his kite. And we also helped Okoro with...

Session 4 - Matuas

October 12th, 2025 — Matuas

We're trying to build a racing boat with Haibram and Esi, we're doing well. When Teacher Ot asks us to look for some lost books.

The books:

  • Studies on the habits and...

Session 4 - The Forgotten Library

October 12th, 2025 — Meerah Dunyenya

Classes are continuing in their normal fast curriculum, of course they’re not waiting for me to fix my previous report, so now I’m writing two reports at once. I have to cut back on sleep, and...

Rib's Notes #4 & #5

November 23rd, 2025 — Rib

Our studies progress; and while our team wasn’t victorious in the tournament, I feel we showed that we’re still capable, if inexperienced. This season definitely has a lot of events planned for...

Session 5 - Matuas

November 23rd, 2025 — Matuas

We joined an awesome boat race and showed the city that we are friendly, harmonious cohabitants. There were loads of people about and we had one of the coolest, most fashionable boats. The magic...

The Mask(ing)! And the regatta!

November 23rd, 2025 — Faran

The Regatta!

I was asked to join the boat team of Haibram Mariama, and Rib for theRegatta.
The regatta is for all the city, and they need to build an boat and race each other.

The Masking Ceremony

November 23rd, 2025 — Meerah Dunyenya

What a day, that was a lot more running around than I usually do. But the result was pretty good. Even though the other team with Haibram, Faran and Rib came in faster than our boat, our boat...

Rib's Notes #6

December 20th, 2025 — Rib

No time for moping, we have a major infestation problem to solve. It turns out that these vermin have been burrowing under the Magaambya and through its walls, with a whole warren of tunnels...

Session 6

December 20th, 2025 — Matuas

We need to go to Archhorn University, we have impressed the teachers enough to be gifted this assignment. I’m not really sure that we were choice A, or B or C, but they were scraping the bottle....

The Hive(s)

December 20th, 2025 — Faran

The exploration of the tunnels which ran all over the campus are split up by different teams.
Dangerous tunnels get bigger teams and better teams and we end up with the four of us so this...