Marie no Atelier: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi

Marie no Atelier: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi (マリーのアトリエ ～ザールブルグの錬金術士～) is a RPG video game published by Gust released on May 23rd, 1997 for the Sony PlayStation. Atelier Marie takes place in a fantasy medieval world of magic, however, as the narrator soon points out, most people actually live quite ordinary lives.

As the grand adventures are left to the few chosen ones, the wide majority are content with their mundane lifestyles as long as theres peace in the world. Capital of Schigsal Kingdom, Salburg, is home to the famous Salburg Academy, which specializes in the studies of alchemy. The school is revered as producing some of the best alchemists on the entire continent. The games main protagonist Marie is getting the worst grades in the academys history. Despite her embarrassment, Marie constantly tries to improve herself, but also constantly fails. Miserably failing at alchemy, her instructor Ingrid decides that Marie needs to be taught with unconventional methods. Ingrid allows Marie to open her own workshop to practice her alchemy outside of class while still continuing her studies. Marie will have five years to create an item using the skills she has learned through alchemy.