Young Writers Society

-So first of all, Arc-wise, the only thing I planned so far was a character arc for Zoness that would involve her home-place, and the lore of said homeplace would eventually affect the whole story.
What I have there is that the Volanval Sea Palaces weren't always the abandonned sea bases they were today, they'd have an entire story explaining what they used to be, and it's upon finding about that that Zoness would return to her homeplace as a special mission she'd request to Battle School to find some answers. I'll give out more details when I actually post, since I'll already introduce a few things about her home already.

To answer to the weak points part, I've already got that covered as well. In Zoness' case, her main strong point is speed - that will be fully explains in her posts - and her main weakness is power, in the sense thath she can casts spells and enchanting objectcs really fast - and usually has combos with them, which will keep growing as the SB grows - but if she fights against anything that can a) keep up with her, b) has enough defence to tank her stuff, c) is stronger than her with at least a) or b) as a side characteristic, she's doomed.



As for the examination arc part, I do have an idea for that, too, and that would be including everyone in the same event, but different tasks make different evaluations depending on everyone's specialty. What I mean by that is:

-So you gave the example of a combat-oriented tournament for everyone that takes the specialty, while the enchanters for example would do something else. Well, the problem with that - or so I believe - is that some enchanters are combat-oriented too, and if both events happen at the same time, they can't be at two different places to do both.

-But see, since the tournament tests battle prowess, it means that the school would test, for example, everyone's ability to fight with any weapon they're given. And what do the enchanters do? They create objects and weapons to enchant them. So the school could regroup people in random teams to test the battlers' abilities to fight with anything, while the enchanters have to build them good enough weapons (using the school's available materials for example) for them to fight with.

-This also tests their ability to work with anyone, under pressure, and see how they handle said pressure. While that happens, those who took a diplomat specialty for example would have to run around town towards specific merchants hired by the school for the event, and negociate the best prices or the best materials for their teams to work with. And guess what? Some specific materials can only be gained from people who speak foreign languages, or have cultural habits tha tthose who study languages would understand better. So, those who took THAT specialization are advantaged as well, depending on how much they master their craft, or are able to adapt to people's accents and customs, etc.

-It's also less financially taxing to have people work in team-based event, since it allows pupils to do stuff in the same place, do the same thing at the same time, but also have everyone worry about their own specializations. But with money nt being an issue for Battle School and all, it's also easier for the teachers to supervise everything anyway and checke everyone's profile. So, win-win deal for 'em.


Aaaand there you go! That would be my idea for the examination arc so far.