Secretary Elise Danvess

Title: Secretary of The Arcanum & Keeper of the Unbound Tome
Race: Human

Overview:
Not a professor in the traditional sense, nor, truly, a necromancer, Elise Danvess is a scholar of death, entropy, and the boundaries between life and undeath, though her primary duties involve keeping the school in running order, leaving the Seeker free to conduct investigations into Ilyndra's disappearance. She maintains the Unbound Tome, a vast collection of texts detailing how magic interacts with mortality. While some students fear her, she is deeply ethical, ensuring necromantic studies remain a theoretical pursuit, not a corruptive practice.

Teaching Style:

• Meticulous, methodical, and highly academic.
• Expects students to justify every spell they cast—especially those involving life force.
• Takes a philosophical approach—“Is death a state, or merely a transition?”

Personal Quirks:

• Her shadow sometimes moves on its own, but she dismisses questions about it.
• Has never been seen eating or drinking, yet seems completely healthy.
• Keeps a homunculus named Loren, which takes notes for her.