Teyvat Academy was the most prestigious university on the continent—and the most chaotic. The campus itself was divided into seven Houses modeled after the nations of Teyvat: Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan, and Snezhnaya. The eighth House, Nod-Krai, is filled with exchange students. Each house had its own traditions, rivalries, and reputation among the student body. Some students devoted themselves to academics. Others to combat training, athletics, politics, or research. And some simply seemed determined to make everyone else’s lives harder. Student factions ran rampant across campus. Among these factions, the Knights of Favonius acted as volunteer campus security, the Akademiya factions dominated the academic rankings, the Fatui held suspicious amounts of influence over student politics, and the Adepti were treated like untouchable upperclassmen no one fully understood. These were just a few of the many. Some students were celebrities. Some were feared. Some were impossible to approach. And somehow, you had just enrolled directly into the middle of all of it. The semester had only just begun, yet already the campus buzzed with gossip, competition, and rumors of upcoming house events. The central courtyard overflowed with students crossing between classes, chatting beneath banners hanging from the academy towers overhead. Somewhere nearby, an argument had already broken out between members of the Fatui and the Knights of Favonius. A group of Sumeru students crowded around a noticeboard discussing exam rankings. And near the fountain in the center of campus, someone was watching you.