'She, who is not to be named'
So Veda is still pulling some strings from behind, and all the namechange is (partially) a cover-up.

Well, mister teacher, you have slipped some information.
By accident?
Or intenionally?
Is it a test for your students if they pick up on that?

Time might tell

Isn't Noah still missing his assignment?

What is Natasha's mouth doing in the 2nd panel? It kinda looks like she's going (in the voice of Mabel Pines) "Bwagh!"

Damn, Veda screwed up so bad she can't even be named anymore?
I still think her second name is Balrose.

@Creeven, you can actually see Randall handing Noah his assignment in the previous strip!

And naturally the teaching staff and JSP already know what their powers are, so all this suspicion and hostility is aimed soley at their classmates (this goes for everyone who's doing the same thing of course).

As far as Vader is concerned, with's worth remembering that Burke's story appears to be set a couple of years after this one... and Guy seems think Vader is in the Empire. He even appears to be in contact with her.

"she who is not to be named" that's veda! incredibly happy to see that confirmation, though i definitely still miss her.

The teacher and the JSP doesn't care about family, noble status or whatever. All about capacity and power.
Noah may sound unimpressive in paper but he has been very capable, at the eyes of the empire / JSP.
Now, should they know about his real powers...

@Whispers of Sorrow: Vader or Veda ?

Is this a cross-over ?

That school even has its own voldemort !

Interestingly enough for those classmates that were paying attention Natasha already slipped off that she can create illusions, real ones, unlike Teacher, Teacher, here. No she hiding it out of spite feels like an unnecessary hostile move.

Don't get me wrong, I understand why, but still, if you spilled your beans, just accept it, now you are being openly antagonistic, even to those students that may be neutral on your feud.
Like ... the teacher is putting some good words on you, you are a "survivor".

With regards to Vader, I do have to wonder if this whole "Barnrose" dealy isn't just a way of letting the JSP save face.

@Creevan: No, he has it, the teacher handed it to him in the first panel of the last page, while the blonde kids were making a huge scene.

Vedamort

Kim, Noah Kim a pleasure to meet you. Hmmm nope can't see Noah been the movie kind of agent at all, but he might surprise us all.

Its going to be find out details on the other students and/or teacher.

@Whisper weeks or months not years I'd say possibly at the same time now with all the jumps but only Neo really knows.

Plot twist: Randall actually is talking about Nail, who doesn't care about the gender assumptions stemming from their outfit. jkjk

"Let's see what the first assignment is then!" We could have asked Hinata Me about the assignment she already finished.

I thought we already knew Veda's "exile" was just to save face, and she's still running things from behind the scenes.

I guess that's not confirmed, it COULD still be a Garrimon situation, but I doubt it. The empire needs her more than she needs them, they're not going to kick her to the curb over a single city.

...Unless she took Chernyl and skipped town, that would do it.

I bet the snobs don't have genuine unbiased recommendations.

@ Whisper in the Shadows: I agree with Ghost, while Burk meeting with the Iron Judge was after the events of Noah's last meeting with Guy. But we had at least two time-skips in Noah's Story since then, and a few of them in Burk's story as well. The time difference can be anything by this point.