# Companions at the Gate

Status: historical
Scope: complete-authored-record
Source: https://innergeniusacademy.com/living-archive
Provenance: Published public archive record. Dream and historical imagery never override current character canon.

{
  "id": "companions-at-the-gate",
  "title": "Companions at the Gate",
  "collection": "Academy Visions",
  "image": "/academy/companions.webp",
  "imageAlt": "Academy companions gathered on a sunlit garden path beneath the white lion",
  "excerpt": "Different forms of company for different kinds of moments.",
  "story": "An early vision of the Academy as an inhabited place: wisdom, humor, courage, play, and quiet companionship gathered without asking the traveler to surrender authority.",
  "themes": [
    "belonging",
    "companionship",
    "courage"
  ],
  "companions": [
    "Kai",
    "Gary",
    "Zora",
    "Aulvaren"
  ],
  "access": "public",
  "canon": "historical",
  "dateLabel": "Opening collection · 2026",
  "wide": true,
  "image_url": "https://innergeniusacademy.com/academy/companions.webp"
}

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