CHRONOTEMPORAL STRAIN STUDENTS

Nyrel drifts through the academy with an elusive, poetic presence, her thoughts impossible to read and her intentions rarely clear.

 

She finds comfort in uncertainty, treating the unknown not as something to fear but as a space to rest within. Confusing by nature, she speaks in half-answers and quiet symbols, yet her reputation is undeniable — students seek her out for readings, drawn by her cards, her candles, and the calm certainty she brings to questions of love and future alike.

 

Nyrel never promises clarity, only honesty shaped by ambiguity, and those who sit across from her leave feeling both unsettled and strangely understood.

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She sometimes answers questions before they’re asked.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-14-MT
Strain Name: Mindrift Tether Strain
Magic: Senses potential futures through dreamlike flashes. Often speaks in near-rhymes about things that haven't happened yet.

Velros moves through the halls with a reserved, philosophical calm, his presence heavy with thought rather than menace.

 

He questions fate relentlessly, turning it over in his mind from every angle, yet when it finally stands before him, he meets it without hesitation. Many fear him for what he can do — the ability to erase something from another universe is not power people feel safe standing near.

 

As a result, he is often treated as a threat, a solitary figure wandering the academy in complete silence. Velros neither seeks that fear nor corrects it; he walks alone, burdened by possibility, carrying the weight of choices most will never have to face.

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He never speaks of yesterday. Of all that has Passed.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-17-CB
Strain Name: Chronocline Barrier Lineage
Magic: Can project brief shields that reflect future events—once. Each use erases itself. Additionally, he can erase and change realities to a smaller extent. ​

Zevia bursts through life with inquisitive, animated energy, often acting before she even realizes she’s already done something.

 

Her thoughts race far ahead of her sense of restraint, and she’s notoriously bad at knowing when to stop talking. Blunt to the point of rudeness, she fires off comments without filtering them, leaving others scrambling to recover.

 

Does she care? Not in the slightest. Zevia values honesty and momentum over politeness, and while her approach can be jarring, it’s always unapologetically her.

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Wrote an autobiography before living it.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-21-TM
Strain Name:  Threadwound Moment Array
Magic: Leaves behind trail-memories that others can walk through like echoes.

Faravon approaches the world with precise detachment, his aloofness masking a deeply curious mind that never stops rearranging possibilities.

 

He views conversations like timelines — editable, revisitable, and always subject to revision if a better outcome presents itself.

 

This makes speaking with him feel oddly disjointed, as if he’s already moved past what you’re saying while still standing in front of you. Unusual to the point of being a little weirdo, Faravon doesn’t seem bothered by how others perceive him. He’s far more interested in how things could have gone, and whether they might still be rewritten.

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Keeps a pocket watch that ticks backwards. Won’t explain why.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-23-ES
Strain Name: Epochflare Shatterbind
Magic: Can fracture seconds into separate memories, then view them from different angles.

Glory carries a cynical, dark humor sharpened by an awareness that feels almost prophetic, smiling like someone who already knew how things would end.

 

She rules the detention room like a throne, wearing her reputation as its queen with unapologetic pride. Students fear her not just for her sharp tongue, but for the way she seems to see through people, stripping away excuses with a single look.

 

The popular Arpi loathes her, and Glory returns that hatred with equal enthusiasm, their rivalry simmering openly. Known as the grunge devil of the academy, she’s not loud or flashy — just hauntingly present, and absolutely someone no one wants to end up on the wrong side of.

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Writes apologies dated for future events.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-16-MP
Strain Name: Momentshade Periphery Type
Magic: Can delay personal impact—physical or magical—by a few seconds. Emotionally exhausting.

Varven moves through the world with a distracted gentleness, his attention drifting just enough to make him seem perpetually a step behind.

 

Easily flustered, he stumbles over words and reactions, often apologizing before he’s quite sure why.

 

He forgets things with remarkable ease — sometimes things that already happened, sometimes things that haven’t yet, as if his memory doesn’t quite follow time in the expected order. There’s nothing careless about him, just scattered, and his softness makes his forgetfulness more endearing than frustrating. Varven tries earnestly to keep up, even when his thoughts slip through his fingers faster than he can catch them.

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Sleeps with an hourglass that never runs out.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-19-TE
Strain Name: Timespiral Echo Variant
Magic: Hears thoughts seconds before they're spoken—only if he’s paying attention.

Kelvra moves through the world in erratic bursts of color and half-finished ideas, his thoughts looping in spirals rather than straight lines.

 

Abstract and vividly expressive, he often trails off mid-sentence, already chasing the next connection before finishing the last.

 

He’s always been certain he’s met everyone at least once before, greeting strangers by name and recalling small, unsettling details without ever needing an introduction. Whether this certainty is memory, intuition, or something stranger is unclear, but Kelvra treats it as fact. Conversations with him feel disjointed yet oddly intimate, as if he’s picking up a thread that was never supposed to be visible in the first place.

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Believes they’ve met everyone before—twice.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-25-CS
Strain Name: Clockfallen Spiral Loop
Magic: Can make short loops of time repeat themselves under stress. Unstable and disorienting.

Soloven carries herself with a reserved, ritualistic calm, her actions guided by habits that feel carefully chosen rather than arbitrary.

 

A little superstitious by nature, she makes tea before every decision, treating the act as both preparation and protection, as if clarity can be steeped into existence. Most of the time she is quiet, polite, and easy to underestimate — until people remember the incident no one fully understands.

 

Once, she threatened another student’s life over a specific item, her tone steady and utterly sincere, and the matter was never spoken of again. Whatever drove her to that moment remains unknown, but it left behind a lasting truth: Soloven’s rituals are not for comfort alone, and when she decides something must be done, she does not hesitate.

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Keeps a shard of futureglass in her sleeve.

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Designation: Forescend Mirrorvein
Strain Name: Radiantlace Infusion Veil
Magic: Views potential truths in mirror reflections. Hates bathrooms.

Parric moves through the world with bold confidence and fierce loyalty, his mind always whirring with mechanical curiosity.

 

He never does anything just once — every action is repeated, adjusted, and tested again and again to see how the outcome changes.

 

To some, that persistence borders on delusion, an inability to let things go. To Parric, it’s simply being different, a refusal to accept the first result as the only truth. He learns through iteration, failure, and stubborn repetition, convinced that understanding comes not from certainty, but from trying one more time.

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Built a watch that only ticks for him. He doesn't share it.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-20-IB
Strain Name: Interval Bindstorm Type
Magic: Binds two events together so that one always follows the other. Effective in traps and duels.

Selvaen carries a quiet, contemplative presence, moving as though the world is something to be observed rather than disturbed.

 

He believes magic works best when no one is watching, practicing it in private with careful restraint. In truth, he’s deeply shy, keeping to himself whenever possible, but when someone does speak to him, he responds with extreme formality — bowing, straightening his posture, and choosing his words with meticulous care.

 

Selvaen’s politeness borders on ceremonial, a practiced shield for his nerves, and those rare interactions reveal a gentle respectfulness beneath his reserved silence.

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Wears a cloak stitched from lost seconds.

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Designation: Strain-Θ-31-IF
Strain Name: Inscript Fadepoint Lattice
Magic: Casts timed runes that only activate when forgotten.