Kaz, Inej, Nina, Matthias, Jesper, and Wylan all are students at the renowned and prestigious Night Raven College. The freshmen, Inej and Wylan, are both excited and nervous to be sorted into their dorms and discover life in NRC. The sophomores, Kaz and Jesper, are glad to be back at school and continue their efforts to excel at being mages. The third years, Nina and Matthias, are glad to be back in the same building, albeit in different dorms. All of their plans for the school year get a little derailed when house wardens start to have strange emotional breakdowns, and now they must help their house wardens and dorms amidst the chaos.