𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥
Witching Hour Academy was founded centuries ago, being one of the first big-name schools for girl magicians. Despite it’s long history, the school is proud to not shackle itself by tradition.
A choice by part of it’s headmaster and founder, Mad Madame Mim.
Madame Mim is now respected and admired for her many contributions in the advancement of magic, but she is still controversial. Often her research has crossed lines that polite society disagreed with. Some go as far as to label her evil. It doesn’t help that Mim revels in this.
In these later years the rumors of shady magic going on have subsided.
This is thanks to the vice-principal, Dr. Grimcrawl. A renowned sorceress herself. Her reputation precedes her, and her serious and strict demeanor quells any fears Mim’s erratic quirks causes.
The school is considered “all-girls", a safe heaven created after the time of witch huntings, but nowadays there are exceptions. Nonbinary students are common, and those questioning themselves won’t be turned away. Because this is a school that values talent above all. The mediocre has no place in these walls. That is the most important part for Mim, everything else is secondary.
There’s teachers as well as dorm tutors, though most students rely on their dorm leaders rather than the tutors. Here’s a handy list!
Witching Hour has Middle and Upper courses. The Middle courses align with NRC’s standard 4 years. The Upper courses are 3 extra years, with the latter year being devoted to the final school project and free of classes.
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The school building is an old castle, fit for royalty and repurposed as a school. It’s surrounded by a moat and has a drawbridge. It has plenty of history as a spoil of war Mim got from the fae and human war.
While the weather changes with the seasons, it’s usually cloudy. The forests around the school, as well as the morning mist, can give it a haunting air. Inside the school it’s warm enough, so don’t worry!
For the entrance ceremony, students are hand-delivered a letter, a potion and two magic seals. The magic seals are for the luggage, magic circles that will let Mim summon it to the school all at once. The potion is for the student, taken at the time specified while wearing their ceremony robes.
They will then wake up in a room full of soft, black lilies.The high ceiling has a spell so it imitates the starry sky in it’s full splendor. It’s floor glows slightly and helps find the way onto the next room.
The sorting room is ample and circular, with pillars on it’s walls adorned in old engravings.
In it’s center there is a tall black fountain with a cauldron brimming at the top. There’s black marble stairs as well, as students must prick their finger and let one drop of blood fall into the cauldron. It will then reveal which dorm is most suited for them.
Connected as well is the room with the Gates to the Dorms.
Each Gate consists of two pillars decorated according to the dorm’s theme, framing a waterfall. It doesn’t pour water, but a liquid, dark, shimmering purple magic that turns into the dorm’s color as it descends. Walking through it teleports you to the dorm.
















