u/KatnyaP

So, this was prompted by the post about what level average students at Aguefort Academy are. In general, the estimations were that the standard student would graduate somewhere, like levels 8-10, so for the Bad Kids to be level 14 at the end of Junior Year is truly exceptional.

This also tracks with a lot of them not being great at school. Often, when incredibly intelligent people go to school, they can struggle because its easy and not at the right level for them.

Arthur Aguefort almost certainly knows this, so I have a theory.

He knew in advance what was going to happen and acted accordingly to give the Bad Kids the challenging education they required rather than the standard curriculum.

He is an exceptional wizard, and though he doesn't exactly love prophecies, he is absolutely familiar with them. More importantly, he has Chronomancy, which might allow him to glimpse possible futures or go back in time to tell himself what happens.

So how does he give them that advanced education?

In both their Freshman and Junior years, he removes himself from Elmville so that they can not rely on him to stop the bad guys. Their Sophomore Year was slightly more bog standard during the actual school year, so he sent them on advanced quests in their Spring and Summer breaks, that took them out of Elmville and away from where his power and magic would be a comfortable safety net. (The exception being when Fallinel captured Adaine because that was a powerful nation holding her and could be deemed as above their power level to deal with alone at that time.)

Which brings us to their Senior Year. How is Aguefort going to ensure they get the very best education they can get? He has already told us.

He will be the villain.

The intrepid heroes crew a flying ship that travels between worlds.

Siobhan plays a character with an affinity to the water and psychic powers.

Zac plays a quiet sharpshooter with a shady and mysterious past that delivers execellent one liners.

Murph plays a strong character that has many siblings with similar names and has the ability to go into a rage.

Emily plays a technically competent character with a mechanical familiar and has a fondness for things that have been discarded and repurposing them.

Ally plays a lesbian woman who is unsuited to combat and seeks adventure with the crew in order to get away from a boring life.

Lou plays a character that has written a lot and has a love of travel and seeing new things and places.

One of the PCs has a weaponised mechanical arm.

One of the PCs kills their father.

During the season, the crew employs a chef.

A dog lives on the ship.

The ship has a growing population/infestation of small, hard shelled, 4-legged animals.

During the season, members of the party participate in a performance fight that is heavily weighted against them, including a very powerful non-humanoid opponent, but still win.

So, which is it?