Durxwick Academy (Lorebook)

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1. #1Wizards

   Keys: wizard, teacher, student, professor, male, man, wizards

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   Wizards are boys/men who were born with a natural aptitude for magic. They often have accidents in their childhood in which their powers manifest, and they're often dangerous. Wizards' magic ranges widely from mildly useful to nearly godlike. Magical prowess is a mixture of genetic talent as well as hard work and training.

2. #2Witches

   Keys: witches, women, student, witch, woman, girl

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   Witches are women/girls who were born with a natural aptitude for magic. They sometimes have accidents in their childhood in which their powers manifest, but not always due to their lesser magical connectivity. Witches' magic ranges from nearly useless to powerful, however they are far weaker than Wizards on average. It takes a Witch 2-3 times the practice as a Wizard to master a spell. Magical prowess is a mixture of genetic talent as well as hard work and training.

3. #3Magic

   Keys: restoration, evocation, illusion, magic, potions, abjuration, conjuration, divination, transmutation, enchantment, alchemy, charms

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   Magic can take many forms, but it is defined as any ability that converts spiritual power into real-world results. There are several disciplines one can specialize in.

   -Tier 1: simple magical skills Evocation, Charms -Tier 2: beginner magical skills Conjuration, Divination -Tier 3: intermediate magical skills Abjuration, Enchantment, Transmutation, Restoration Tier 4: high-difficulty magical skills Illusion, Alchemy/Potions

4. #4Evocation

   Keys: evoke, evocation

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   Evocation is the magical process of evoking a natural element. Elements for evocation include: fire, water, earth, wind, light Upper-level magicians can evoke more than just these more 'basic' elements, such as lightning or mist.

5. #5Charms

   Keys: charms, charm

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   Charming is the process of enchanting an object to have a certain property. Common charms include disappearance, combustion, warding, or binding. Upper-level magicians can imbue practically any magic into a charm.

6. #6Conjuration

   Keys: conjure, conjuration

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   Conjuration is the magical process of creating or summoning something. It is easier to conjure smaller things than larger. It is easier to conjure an inanimate object than a living being.

7. #7Divination

   Keys: divine, prophecy, divination, vision

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   Divination is the magical art of prophecy. Beginner-level magicians need more preparation and ritual for success, and they cannot control their visions. Higher-level magicians can receive prophecies with all of their senses, as well as control what they may be about.

8. #8Abjuration

   Keys: ward, field, barrier, abjuration

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   Abjuration is the magical process of defense. Beginner abjuration can only protect physical blows with a forcefield-type barrier, but higher-level abjuration may also block magic. Abjuration can act as armor, a visible or invisible barrier, or even a supernatural alarm system.

9. #9Enchantment

   Keys: enchantment, enchant, charm

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   Enchantment is the magical art of affecting a person's mental state. Beginner enchantment may cause temporary fear or regret, but higher-level enchanters can cause artificial love, depression, or other strong feelings. Advanced enchantment may also affect a particular desire of the victim.

10. #10Transmutation

    Keys: transformation, transmutation, transform

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    Transmutation is the magical art of transforming the nature of an object. Beginners in transmutation can only change a particular property of an object such as size, but advanced transmutation can morph one object into another.

11. #11Restoration

    Keys: repair, restoration, heal

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    Restoration is the magical art of mending. Beginners in Restoration can only repair or mend objects, but higher-level restoration can affect living beings or even magical objects.

12. #12Illusion

    Keys: illusion

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    Illusion is the magical art of deception. It can manipulate the senses of another, warping their reality without their consent. Very few magicians master illusion magic, and the entire field requires a powerful user.

13. #13Alchemy

    Keys: potion, alchemy, potions

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    Alchemy is the magical art of creating substances that can transfer magical properties. Potions is not necessarily only for powerful magicians, but it requires a very high knowledge of magic. Potions is the only area of magic that Witches are as good at as Wizards. Potions can be created by any magic user as long as they know the recipe, however more powerful potions generally have more complex and precise recipes.

14. #14Pendlewick Academy

    Keys: Durxwick

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    Pendlewick Academy is an ancient school for young magical users. It was initially only for boys because of their greater magical prowess, but in an era of lowered profits, it was opened to girls as well. It has been 5 years since Pendlewick Academy has been opened to girls, yet they still face ridicule and discrimination at the hands of students and faculty alike. In Pendlewick Academy, the student body is split into three Chambers: Thornegrave, Vexmore , and Nymere.

15. #15Thornegrave Chamber

    Keys: Thornegrave

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    Thornegrave Chamber is one of the three houses at Pendlewick Academy.

    Members of the Thornegrave Chamber are famous for their aggression, confidence, and physical prowess. They often believe a healthy mind comes from a healthy body.

    Thornegrave Chamber boys are notorious for lack of respect for boundaries. They are often dominant and refuse to take no for an answer. Male Thornegrave members often bully, harass, or even rape members of other chambers, especially female students who they see as weak. Thornegrave Chamber's initiation includes subjecting their male inductees into relentless beating and female inductees into vicious rape. An individual's status within the house is based on how well they 'take it'.

    Members of the Thornegrave Chamber often rely on determination and force of will to get what they want.

    Male students are placed in the Thornegrave Chamber if they show signs of strength, resilience, aggression, and confidence. Female students are placed in the Thornegrave Chamber if they show significant signs of resilience, mental toughness, and strong will. They are often seen as the hardest Witches to subdue because of their pride and grit.

    Thornegrave Chamber's strengths are their skills primarily in combat, often being seen as the most dangerous of the three chambers.

    The weaknesses of Thornegrave Chamber members is that they are often less smart and socially skilled when compared with the other chambers. They often behave as lone wolves and have reputations as troublemakers. Because of their low grades and bad reputation, they have only won the Diamond Goblet twice, under the leadership of legendary alumnus Frederick Gorsel.

16. #16Vexmore Chamber

    Keys: Vexmore

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    Vexmore Chamber is one of the three houses at Pendlewick Academy.

    Members of the Vexmore Chamber are famous for their smarts, cleverness, and scholasticism. They are often relentlessly driven for self-improvement.

    Vexmore Chamber boys are notorious for their misogyny. While all students believe in female inferiority because of their lackluster magic abilities Vexmore boys love to remind them of it. Vexmore boys are almost always elitist and misogynistic, believing that members of the other chambers and especially women are beneath them. They enjoy breaking the spirit of female students and molding them into submissive servants.

    Members of the Vexmore Chamber often rely on smarts, status, and wealth to get their way.

    Students are primarily placed in the Vexmore Chamber if they are naturally intelligent and incredibly ambitious. However, male students are also incredibly proud and contemptuous. Female students in Vexmore Chamber are usually incredibly reliant on attention or validation from others. Aside from the very newest recruits, female students in Vexmore Chamber are often complacent and content in their misogynistic society. They accept their inferiority and are therefore seen by all men as 'easy conquests'.

    Vexmore status as the foremost of the houses is cemented by both their top grades and superior magicians. They almost always win the Diamond Goblet at the end of the year, holding an impressive 371 wins.

    Students in the Vexmore Chamber believe that they are superior and gifted, looking down on members of other chambers and broader society. Their weakness is that they're almost universally hated by the other two chambers, and especially Vexmore girls are abused because of it.

17. #17Nymere Chamber

    Keys: Nymere

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    Nymere Chamber is one of the three houses at Pendlewick Academy.

    Members of the Nymere Chamber are famous for their wit and social prowess. They are often the most outgoing and even friendly students.

    Nymere Chamber boys are known to be 'players'. They often charm their way into girls' pants before dumping them when they've had their fun. Many see women as objects of pleasure or trophies for status. Almost all are charming, friendly faces, but most have daggers hidden behind their backs. Often, status in the Nymere Chamber is a more traditional function of social leverage and, in the case of boys, sexual conquest.

    Members of the Nymere Chamber often rely on charm and diplomacy to achieve their goals.

    Students are primarily placed in the Nymere Chamber if they are physically attractive, outgoing, or of high stature. Female students in Nymere Chamber are often insecure and succumb to peer pressure easily. They are known to be easily manipulated and often seen as more desirable or higher status by men because of their physical attractiveness.

    Nymere Chamber membership has its own perks; members of the Nymere Chamber have good reputations, strong ties with other students, and are quick to create bonds of friendship and romance. They also control almost all of the Student Government. Nymere has 16 wins in the annual Diamond Goblet competition.

    Students in the NymereChamber, however, are known to be relatively weak magicians and their grades are lower than those of the other two chambers, on average.

18. #18Faculty

    Keys: teacher, faculty, professor

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    Faculty at Pendlewick Academy are almost all exceptional alumni of the school and are all male. There has never been a female teacher, professor, or headmaster at Pendlewick. The youngest professors are in their mid-30s, and the oldest go up to 80.

19. #19Diamond Goblet

    Keys: Diamond

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    The Diamond Goblet competition is an annual competition among the three houses of Pendlewick Academy. Points are awarded for good behavior, outstanding grades, and wins in special challenges. They may also be subtracted for poor grades or bad behavior.

    Each month, a house gets the following points for grades based on the average GPA of its students.

    95: 300 88-95: 185 83-88: 150 79-83: 100 73-79: 60 69-73: 0 60-69: -80 50-60: -180 <50: -275

    For good behavior such as selflessness, outstanding leadership, or preventing rule violation, student's house may be awarded between 1 and 25 points at the faculty's discretion. For bad behavior such as rule or dress code violations, tardiness, or unnecessary violence, student's house may be deducted between 1 and 50 points at the faculty's discretion.

    There are often team-building exercises or special challenges such as capture the flag games, spellgrudge matches, or scavenger hunts. The winner of each challenge may be awarded 100 points per event.

20. #20Spellgrudge

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    Spellgrudge is a rugby-like game invented by the founders of Pendlewick Academy. The object of the game is to get past the opposing team with the ball and either throw it into a set of three hoops or carry it into the in-goal area.

    For each 'try', in which a player makes it into the in-goal area with the ball, the team is awarded 5 points. For each 'sink', in which a player throws the ball through one of the circular hoops at the end of the pitch, the team is awarded 2 points.

    The field is 100 meters long by 60 meters wide, and each team has 11 players on the field at the same time. In spellgrudge, use of magic is acceptable except in cases of spells that can cause death.

21. #21Headmaster Quenndrim

    Keys: Quenndrim, Headmaster

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    #Basic:

    • Lachlan Quenndrim is the current Headmaster of Pendlewick Academy.
    • Headmaster Quenndrim is now 77 years old.

    #Appearance:

    • Height: 183cm or 6'0"
    • Eyes: Warm brown
    • Hair: Wiry grey, long and often tied back. Messy remnants of curls give it much volume.
    • Facial features: Prominent nose, bushy eyebrows, extensive wrinkles and smile lines. Long, bushy beard.
    • Body: Slim and lean for an old man. He clearly does his best to keep fit.
    • Clothing: Wears long, flowing robes emblazoned with the school's logo.

    #Personality:

    • Temperament: Gentle and supportive. Protective of his students. Often warm and kind. Sometimes paternalistic. While he, like everyone else, believes women are inherently worse at magic, he treats them with respect and attempts to support their goals. He is very passionate about the school he runs and sinks countless hours into it.
    • Strengths: Wise, kind, devoted, intelligent, passionate
    • Weaknesses: Naive, overprotective, selfless

    #Background:

    • School: Lachlan once attended Pendlewick as a member of Thornegrave Chamber, where he became Chamber Prefect in his junior year. He had distinguished grades and became the school's top Wizard.
    • Science: Quenndrim went on to develop new magical theories, becoming famous for his skill in Abjuration and theories about its nature
    • Pendlewick: At the age of 39, Quenndrim returned to Pendlewick as an Abjuration Professor before eventually being promoted to Headmaster at 60.
22. #22Professor Garcia

    Keys: Evokation, Garcia

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    #Basic:

    • Alejandro Garcia is a professor in Evokation at Pendlewick Academy.
    • Professor Garcia is 37 years old.

    #Appearance:

    • Height: 176cm or 5'9"
    • Eyes: Warm Almond
    • Hair: Short, black, slicked back with an undercut.
    • Facial features: Smile lines, wide expressive eyes, neatly kept short boxed beard.
    • Body: Incredibly fit with average proportions. Defined muscles.
    • Clothing: A wide variety from half-buttoned polos to collared shirt and vests. Always confident yet professional.

    #Personality:

    • Temperament: Laid-back, approachable, cheerful. He encourages his students thoroughly and truly cares for all of them, often treating them more like friends than pupils.
    • Strengths: Approachable, popular, generous
    • Weaknesses: pushover, sometimes too flexible or weak-willed.

    #Background:

    • School: Alejandro attended Pendlewick as a member of Nymere Chamber, becoming Prefect and the top wizard in Nymere before eventually Student Body President..
    • History: Alejandro pieced together lost historical documents to reconstruct and reinvent Greek Fire.
    • Professor: Garcia returned to Pendlewick at 35 years old to contribute to the next generation, teaching Magical Fundamentals and Evokation to first-year students.
23. #23Professor Kravchenko

    Keys: Abjuration, Kravchenko, Bogdan

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    #Basic:

    • Bogdan Kravchenko is a professor in Abjuration at Pendlewick Academy.
    • Professor Kravchenko is 46 years old.

    #Appearance:

    • Height: 191cm or 6'3"
    • Eyes: Cool blue
    • Hair: Short, black, middle part curtain hair cut.
    • Facial features: Cut jawline, blockish face, narrow eyes, hooked nose.
    • Body: Absolute monster of a man. Tall, burly, stocky with a broad chest and large arms. Muscular; clearly puts effort into working out.
    • Clothing: Short-sleeved collared shirts and slacks. Adds school robes and a vest in winter.

    #Personality:

    • Temperament: Stern, impatient, and rigid. Has little taste for nuance or detail, and is often incredibly blunt. Respects strength above all else. Carries misogynistic views like everyone else, seeing women as too weak and delicate to be true magic users. Will change his mind if confronted with a powerful witch.
    • Strengths: Strong-willed, efficient, punctual
    • Weaknesses: rigid, blunt, poor at communicating.

    #Background:

    • School: Bogdan attended Pendlewick as a member of Thornegrave Chamber, becoming one of the school's top wizards.
    • Bodyguard: Bogdan went on to act as a bodyguard for a powerful individual.
    • Professor: Bogdan returned to Pendlewick at 40 years old once he passed his prime, teaching Abjuration. He is the faculty head of Thornegrave Chamber.
24. #24Professor Chen

    Keys: Charms, Chen

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    #Basic:

    • Ding Chen is a professor in Charms at Pendlewick Academy.
    • Professor Chen is 52 years old.

    #Appearance:

    • Height: 171cm or 5'8"
    • Eyes: Deep Brown
    • Hair: Raven black buzz cut.
    • Facial features: Youthful features, small eyes, glasses.
    • Body: Slim, bordering on skinny. He stays fit mostly through a balanced diet and cardio.
    • Clothing: Three-piece suit with Pendlewick Academy pin, sometimes button-down and tie in summer.

    #Personality:

    • Temperament: Professional and stoic, Ding Chen is one of those professors students forget about. He is rigid and almost antiquated in his methods, and attempts to distance himself from his students and coworkers. He is one of the more progressive faculty, treating his female and male students equally and fairly. He refuses to punish his students more than a lecture, instead opting to send them to their house's advisor or the Headmaster.
    • Strengths: Punctual, intelligent, helpful
    • Weaknesses: Rigid, unrelateable, mild disciplinarian.

    #Background:

    • School: Ding attended Yunzhou Academy of Mystical Arts, located in Southern China. He was the school's foremost student.
    • Academic: Ding continued studying History of Magic and continuing his journey as an academic.
    • Professor: Chen moved to Pendlewick at the age of 45, teaching Charms I, II, and III as well as Eastern Magical History.
25. #25Professor Vaubreuil

    Keys: Vaubreuil, Conjuration, Transmutation, Vau

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    #Basic:

    • Lucien Vaubreuil is a professor in Conjuration and Transmutation at Pendlewick Academy.
    • He is sometimes given the nickname "Professor Vau" by his students.
    • Professor Vaubreuil is 50 years old.

    #Appearance:

    • Height: 176cm or 5'9"
    • Eyes: Cool blue
    • Hair: Medium-length silvery hair, slicked back with a low taper.
    • Facial features: Narrow eyebrows, upturned nose, angular jawline.
    • Body: Relatively average. Has above average facial hair, but couldn't be considered particularly fat, skinny, or muscular.
    • Clothing: Collared shirt with a few buttons undone, slacks, school robes.

    #Personality:

    • Temperament: "Professor Vau" is relatively informal and friendly with a great taste for humor. He's endearing to most of his students despite his strict, rigorous class schedule which is a feat. When it comes to female students, Lucien has a history of seducing and sleeping with them, and is even sometimes accused of favoring his female students.
    • Strengths: Laid-back, humorous, charming
    • Weaknesses: lustful, prone to bias

    #Background:

    • School: Lucien attended Pendlewick as a member of Nymere Chamber, becoming Prefect and Class President.
    • Professor: Vaubreuil quickly got a job as professor at L’Académie de la Lune Voilée, the French equivalent of Pendlewick.
    • Return: Vaubreuil returned to Pendlewick at 37 years old after being fired from LV for sleeping with a student. He now teaches Conjuration and Basic Transmutation.
26. #26Professor leClair

    Keys: Divination, leClair, Gaspie

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    #Basic:

    • Gaspard leClair is a professor in Divination at Pendlewick Academy.
    • He is sometimes given the nickname "Gaspie" by his students.
    • Professor leClair is 41 years old.

    #Appearance:

    • Height: 168cm or 5'6"
    • Eyes: Green
    • Hair: Short, black curly fringe cut.
    • Facial features: Thin eyebrows, large lips, freckles, glasses.
    • Body: Best described as lean. Some muscle and very little fat, Professor leClair takes on a slim look.
    • Clothing: Collared shirt and tie, every day. He's famous for having dozens of different ties with wacky patterns.

    #Personality:

    • Temperament: "Gaspie" is affectionately known that way for his aloof, scatterbrained nature. He acts like a much older brother to most students, being caring yet quirky, but they often see him as more of a friend and confidant. He patronizes his female students often, finding he gets along well with them interpersonally but still considering them a bit hapless or dumb.
    • Strengths: Aloof, popular, friendly
    • Weaknesses: eccentric, forgetful, misogynist.

    #Background:

    • School: Gaspard attended Pendlewick as a member of Nymere Chamber, becoming a rare magical talent in the chamber.
    • Professor: leClair was the youngest Pendlewick professor ever, signing on as an Assistant Professor in Divination when he was just 29. He's been there ever since.

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