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[[caption-width-right:350:The Council watches over the land as teacher, advisor... and guardian.]]

->''The plane of magic lies beside our own plane. There is a small amount of magic within everything. The magical plane itself, however, is separated from us by a barrier... It requires years of training to condition ourselves for breaching the barrier... And it is dangerous for the unskilled.''
-->-- '''Opening Narration'''

''[[http://www.aikoniacomic.com/index.php Aikonia]]'' is a webcomic based on a not-yet-released game by the same name. It chronicles the tribulations of a magic school through various plots among the staff and a possible disturbance in the source of magic itself. The first three chapters were drawn by [[Webcomic/AwkwardZombie Katie Tiedrich]], presenting something of a contrast between the serious plot and her usually comedic art style.

On November 4th, 2011, the team surpassed their funding goal for their [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andrewdavid/aikonia-comic-printing-chapter-one Kickstarter]] campaign to help print the first chapter of the series.

As of July 2020 the comic is on indefinite hiatus.
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!!Includes examples of:
* AlienSky: The world of [[http://www.aikoniacomic.com/page/84 Magic]].
%%* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Solaris]]
%%** And [[spoiler:possessed!Ariel]].
* AuraVision: [[spoiler:Whatever Ariel has turned into seems to have this, and it uses this to single out particularly magically adept students to put under its mind control.]]
* BackgroundMagicField: The Veil, an invisible and intangible boundary between Aikonia and Magicka.
%%* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler:Callisto]].
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Ariel's condition. The real Ariel is dead.]]
* FromBadToWorse: You think [[spoiler: Syd's death]] is bad? Try again a chapter later.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Solaris holds the possessed Ariel down long enough for Cyril to impale the two of them with a crystal branch, killing them both.]]
* InTheHood: Every character affiliated with the institute has a hood, apparently. Not surprising for a bunch of mages. Casters have a blue hem on their robes, and channelers have a red hem.
%%* MagicalSociety
%%* TheMagocracy
* OffWithHisHead: How [[spoiler:Deimos dies to a demonic Ariel]] after foolishly proposing to be [[spoiler:her "king"]].
%%* {{Prequel}}
* ProlongedPrologue: After the actual chapter titled "Prologue" (a brief explanation and history of magic narrated by Cyril) is three and a half chapters detailing the fall of the Institute. Halfway through chapter 4, we meet the real heroes of the story.
* ShockAndAwe: One of the most prevalent forms of magic so far. Notably was used by [[spoiler:the possessed Ariel to kill Syd.]]
* TakenForGranite: Used to preserve [[spoiler:the bodies of the dead council members as part of their memorial graves]].
* TimeSkip: After the portal is closed, [[spoiler:magic is deemed too hazardous to use and the means to use it are sealed away. A long time later, an adventuring party find the overgrown ruins of the magic academy]].
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: When possessed!Ariel throws Solaris through the Magicka portal at the end of Chapter II.]] The effects of this are still being felt now.
* WizardingSchool: The Aikonian Institute of Magical Research and Application.
* WrittenSoundEffect: Representing some of the only moments of levity in the series, Aikonia employs some ridiculous written sounds. Examples include [[http://aikoniacomic.com/index.php?id=60 CLOMK]], [[http://aikoniacomic.com/index.php?id=73 FLAPPLE]], and [[http://aikoniacomic.com/index.php?id=25 FOONT]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Said in verbatim by possessed!Ariel to Solaris after he tries to confront her.]]
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