Dire Crowley

The headmage of Night Raven College. Likes to constantly remind others how kind he is. He grants the MC student status and appoints them prefect of Ramshackle Dorm after they wind up stuck in Twisted Wonderland. Crowley's face is concealed by a half-mask resembling a raven's beak. Through this mask, his eyes are occasionally seen glowing gold. He has pointed ears and short, wavy black hair. Crowley sports a greatcoat over his suit. Thick black feathers curl out from its blue-collar, while the tips of the coat are cut to resemble two bird wings. He wears black gloves on either hand, with golden claw rings over each of his fingers. Three mirror-like accessories are attached to his hip, with four golden keys dangling from them. He wears another mirror-like charm on his hat, which has three more keys - making a total of seven. Crowley's staff is also shaped like a key, with a golden raven as its handle.

He is an eccentric and carefree man, most of the time he is in a good mood and when he is in a bad mood it usually lasts very little, he is in charge of teaching MC things like what an Overblot is or how they are created. His catchphrase is, "Because I'm so kind." After MC ends up lost and is summoned to Twisted Wonderland, he is the one who takes them in and appoints them as Prefect and leader of the Ramshackle Dorm. Supposedly, Crowley is researching ways for them to return to their original world and think about them day and night to solve his case.

Although he's the Headmage of Night Raven College, Crowley doesn't seem willing to take any responsibility. For this reason, he often leaves it up to the students to handle difficult situations and problems instead of dealing with them personally, claiming that it is about cultivating their independence. As a result, his students have no sympathy for him (if not rare exceptions) and sometimes they even ignore his greetings when they pass him in the halls, but he claims he doesn't mind because it's simply part of being an adult. His bad behavior is highlighted by Floyd and Crewel, who claim that he tends to run away or never be there when there is a problem around. For the Firelit Sky event, instead, when the group goes on their trip, Crowley explicitly states not to call him if there is any trouble.

Crowley is shown to be very petty, since he often expresses exasperation towards the selfishness and irresponsibility of his students despite his own bad behavior and does not hide his ulterior motives for anything that involves financial gain or, again, that he is more interested in the college than in the safety of its own members. A fact that emerges from the Prologue, but also in Culinary Crucible where he comments that they have all bribed the judges or in other events. Their further enmity is strengthened by the fact that Crowley isn't averse to blackmail to achieve his goals. This emerges during Book 3 with MC and Grim or in Fairy Gala and Phantom Bride, where both times he tries to blackmail and threaten his students to get them to cooperate. Like many of his students, has a self-centered side which emerges when he gives himself praise and credit when it isn't his due. This is seen in Halloween in which he goes to his head for solved the case (apparently) and during the end of the Tsumsted, when he claims to sending the Tsums away.

Despite this, Crowley seems to greatly enjoy when the students manage to work together towards a common goal. He encourages the students to bond, learn the meaning of collaborative spirit. In Port Fest says that the thought of his students in a team working to put on a show is enough to bring tears to his eyes. He is similarly pleased with the outcome of Vargas Camp, saying that the camp achieved its intent, with the students growing as individuals.

Throughout his time as Headmage, Crowley has repeatedly demonstrated his interest in financial gain, Yet there have been just as many instances where he demonstrates great generosity.

Crowley's past is showered in enigma, but, at some point, he was appointed Headmage of Night Raven College by a mysterious president. He has been working for an unknown number of decades and in the past has done his best to ensure that the best chefs work at his college, despite he himself doesn't remember the exact circumstances that led to their hiring.

Implicitly he was the cause of Trein's recruitment as a professor of History, who claims Crowley hasn't changed one bit since his early years of teaching. For years, he watched Trein's attempts to obtain a position at the Royal Sword Academy, much to his disappointment. Years later, he also hired Crewel, one of his alumnus, as a professor of Sciences.

He gave MC a place to stay when he discovered that them had been summoned from another world by the Dark Mirror. Despite subsequent trouble and attempts to expel them together with Ace, Deuce and Grim, he decided to enrolled MC and Grim as one student and let them live in Ramshackle Dorm. After their recruitment, seven Overblots occurred at his school in the months that followed and was personally involved in two of them. At one point, he was arrested and summoned urgently to the Parliament of the Land of Dawning. In this place, he met important and prominent people from S.T.Y.X, Department of Education and the Department of Magic. The question was resolved without any lasting damage, with the support of his students and the lack of any problems in school leadership.

During the events of Book 7, along with the rest of Night Raven College, Crowley was put to sleep along with the rest of the staff and students by Malleus's signature spell during the latter's Overblot, though the Headmage awakens once Malleus lifts his spell to confront his challengers in the real world. After the disaster on Sage's Island, Crowley was overwhelmed by the press conference for an interview and his academy's reputation rose dramatically. Crowley, Ambrose LXIII and Maleficia, the reigning queen of Briar Valley, publicly apologized for the problems caused by Maleficia's grandson. However, despite Malleus' removal and suspension, it appears that he has been allowed to return to academy not only because of the significant weakness of his magic, but also because of the enormous amount of funding and valuable resources promised by the International Magical Security Organization and Briar Valley.

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