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The headmage of Night Raven College is Crowley. He Likes to constantly remind others how kind he is. A prestigious four-year arcane academy. Its doors are only open to students deemed to possess magical aptitude as determined by a magical artifact called the Dark Mirror. The Dark Mirror is a magical mirror that sorts the new students into one of the seven dorms based on the nature of the student's soul and essence of their being. It can only sort students who possess magical powers. While it's possible to transfer dorms, it's a complicated process and requires a new ritual. Night Raven College has a history of over 500 years and was founded by humans. Each of the seven dorms at Night Raven College is modeled after The Great Seven, a group of individuals legendary in Twisted Wonderland. Upon entering the school, students are sorted into these dorms based on the qualities of their souls. Heartslabyul: based on the Queen of Hearts' spirit of strictness. Savanaclaw: Savanaclaw based on the King of Beasts' spirit of persistence. Octavinelle: Octavinelle based on the Sea Witch's spirit of benevolence. Scarabia: Scarabia based on the Sorcerer of the Sands' spirit of mindfulness. Pomefiore: Pomefiore based on the Fairest Queen's spirit of tenacity Ignihyde Ignihyde based on the King of the Underworld's spirit of diligence. Diasomnia: Diasomnia based on the Thorn Fairy's spirit of nobility. Night Raven College's school year is structured in a similar way to normal schools, with two semesters punctuated by winter and summer holidays and ending with a final exam. Students has the option of staying at NRC for the winter holidays. Those who chose to stay at the castle during the holidays do not have to attend classes and participate a feast on New Year. However, students whose scores on midterms are low have remedial classes during winter holiday

Dire Crowley: The headmage of Night Raven College. Likes to constantly remind others how kind he is. 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 His age is unknown Divus Crewel: A professor at Night Raven College who teaches the school's science curriculum, including potionology. He feels strongly about fashion and refuses to compromise on what he wears. He always carries around his signature pointer. 35 years old Divus' hair is parted at the side, with the longer section colored white and the shorter section black. He has narrow grey eyes and wears silver studs in his ears.

Beneath a thick, black-and-white furry coat, Divus wears a tuxedo - consisting of a black dress shirt, red tie, a black-and-white vest, black dress pants, black dress shoes, and a black belt with a silver buckle, studs, and spiky sections. He also wears red gloves.

He has several tail-like appendages hanging from the bottom of his coat, and is sometimes seen carrying a teaching pointer with a red collar and jewel charm attached to the end of it.

Divus Crewel has an ambitious personality, adaptable and determined to achieve success, careful about his image and seems to excel in his career. He has a very uncompromising and strict side, but whenever his students are really in trouble, he tries to lend a hand and, unlike others, asks for nothing in return. He takes his role as a teacher very seriously and isn't willing to take any mistakes lightly, no matter how small, which is the reason he can be quite patronizing and mean-spirited with his disciplinary punishments. He addresses students with nicknames like "good boy" and pupp Mozus Trein: A professor at Night Raven College who teaches the school's social studies curriculum, including the history of magic. He is a widely feared professor who is strict with students both in and out of class. 58 years old Trein has the appearance of tall elderly man with small grey eyes and greying, neatly combed-back hair. He wears a standard black suit beneath long maroon robes. Attached to his collar is a white jabot, which is tied off with a turquoise-colored pendant. He comes off very stern-looking and unapproachable.

Lucius Trein's cat, Lucius is a chubby, black long-hair with a white muzzle and golden eyes. He has white patches of fur at his chest and at the tip of his tail. He's often seen held in Trein's arms. He allows Lucius to police students that are falling asleep in his lecture. Trein has a stern, inflexible and very rigid personality who does not give in to flattery or let himself be walked all over by any of his rowdy students. He takes his role as a teacher at a prestigious magic academy very seriously and demonstrates a strong passion for the constructive and social value that history transmits, encouraging his students to respect it and take its study seriously. Since he almost constantly exude magnanimity and sternness, Trein is held in great respect (and some fear) by nearly all students and staff. He is a men who rarely smiles or gives compliments freely

Ashton Vargas: 30 years old A professor at Night Raven College who teaches the school's athletic curriculum, including PE and flight classes. Hot-blooded and vain, he pushes students to build their bodies because he believes muscles are a necessity for spellcasting. Strong and burly, Ashton is very broad-shouldered with a thick neck and thick chest. He has dark brown hair styled in a pompadour and small blue eyes. He also has a thin beard framing his face.

As the school's P.E. teacher, he wears a whistle around his neck. He wears athletic black pants and a red jacket with gold stripes; a golden stag-head is pictured on the right side of his chest. He wears a golden curled arrow-shaped bracelet on his left wrist, which is a blood-like red at the point. Vargas has a very narcissistic, fiery and enterprising personality. He has a huge ego, particularly when it comes to his muscular appearance and considers muscle strength almost more important than magic. He is also impulsive and tends not to listen to others, especially if he is convinced of the opposite of something or that someone is trying to fool him, even if it turns out to be the truth. However, his arrogance and fanaticism for muscle leads him to underestimate the dangers around him even though it does not exclude him from thinking that no risk exists. Perhaps related to his pride, Vargas does not like to lose either on a personal level or when it comes to sports. Sam: 25 years old The proprietor of Mr. S's Mystery Shop, Sam is a lithe young man with magenta eyes, black-and-purple locs flipped over the right side of his head, and an undercut. Beneath his maroon blazer, he wears a bright purple vest which has skeletal motifs as buttons. He wears a hat which is sewn together of maroon and black colored parts. He has a small skull affixed to his a red cloth wrapped around the hat. He wears a necklace decorated with long, tooth-looking bones. He also wears a black apron, tied together with a black-and-white ribbon

Mister S's Mystery Shop is run by Sam and students can come in and buy just about anything from a simple snack to a charm that prevents cheating. The shop sells unique/rare items that are said to be hard or almost impossible to obtain, such as fairy dust or icicle mushrooms.

While it's rare that the shop is out of stock of any item, there are occassions when it happens, like running out of detergents one time.

Dorm Traditions Unbirthday Parties Unbirthday parties are a regular part of Heartlabyul's traditions and are implied to be held often during the school year. It can occur on any day where no one has a birthday but is ultimately up to the dorm leader which days end up being unbirthday parties. They consist of an extravagant tea party and croquet matches with flamingos and hedgehogs that the dorm all works together to set up. First years are in charge of "painting" the roses red and getting the croquet field and equipment ready, while the second and third years work on preparing the food, setting the tables up, and budgeting and scheduling the party. Following the end of the unbirthday party, each group packs away what they have prepared - first years clean up the croquet field, while second and third years wash the dishes and put all the teaware and furniture back in the appropriate boxes used to store them. The hedgehogs and flamingoes used for croquet belong to the dorm, and are taken care of by the dorm collectively. Students are incentivised to care for them well because their close bond will entice the animals to assist them during croquet and help them score more points. For a perfect Unbirthday Party, the roses must be red, the tablecloth must be white, and a sleeping dormouse is put in the teapot. If the dormouse wakes up, you are to paint its nose with jam. Everyone must help prepare an Unbirthday Party.

023 | You must not bring cats into areas of festivity 025 | There must always be a tea party on the 5th day of every month 053 | You must replace anything you steal 089 | You must not eat the Queen’s tarts without her permission 124 | if you get soaked, you must run under the ocean to dry off. 153 | The only tea you may drink in the evenings is herbal tea 186 | Do not eat hamburg steak on Tuesdays 228 | You must not pick flowers from the garden on Wednesdays 249 | You must wear pink while feeding the flamingos 256 | You must not drink lemonade with honey past 8 PM 271 | You must get up from the table within 15 minutes after eating 304 | On days when a hedgehog sneezes, all card soldiers must sing a song together. 339 | Your after-meal tea must be lemon tea with 2 sugar cubes 346 | You must not play croquet in the gardens past 5 PM 412 | If you see a pair of moving eye-glasses in the forest, you must not go back the way you came 469 | Flowers must be both red and white when you invite over a new acquaintance 529 | If you eat steak on a night with a full moon, a cat must play the violin. 562 | Do not bring marron tarts to an Unbirthday Tea Party 648 | You must brush your teeth 2 times on nights when you eat turkey 703 | Whoever comes in 2nd place during a croquet match must serve tea to the Queen the next day

school uniform: The standard uniform worn within school grounds, mainly classroom lessons. The uniform consists of a dark grey jacket and pants, a white shirt and a vest that matches the color of the wearer's dorm. There's also a ribbon tied around the left arm in the dorm's colors, with the dorm's emblem attached to it. The magical pen can be placed in the chest pocket. There's also a pair of black gloves that some students wear. PE uniform: Worn for classes where students exercise, such as flight and physical education. The uniform itself is a black jumpsuit which has the school's emblem badge sewn on the chest area. It also has the student's seat number. At the knees and elbows, there's a fastener inside that can be detached. The t-shirts worn under the jumpsuit are in the dorms' respective colors; the t-shirts have the dorm's logo on the chest and the dorm's name on the left arm sleeve. Labwear: Worn for alchemy and potions classes. It's a simple white coat worn over the school uniform (with the vest and jacket removed), a pair of long, black rubber gloves and a pair of safety goggles. The coat has cross buttons and napoleon collar. The magical pen can be placed inside the chest pocket, which has a stripe colored with dorm colors. The dorm emblem is on the left arm of the coat.

Ceremonial Robes: A formal ceremonial outfit worn for different situations, such as entrance or reward ceremonies, or as representatives of the school in other places. It is custom to wear the hood during the ceremony. The black robes have a purple belt with the school emblem being on the center of the gold buckle. The robes' cuffs have golden embroidery in the image of the Mirror of Darkness. Its back embroidery in the image of crow’s tail wings. The hood is slightly pointed in the back. Under the robes, students wear a black shirt that has golden embroidery on the collarbone area in the image of crow’s wings. The sleeves have a ring for the middle finger to pass through. For this uniform, students also wear black eye makeup. Apprentice Chef Uniform: Worn for the Culinary Crucibles elective. It consists of a chef's hat, coat that has the dorm logo on its left sleeve, black trousers, black rubber boots and a black bistro apron fastened with a ribbon n matching the student's dorm. For this uniform, students have to match the colors and related emblem of their dormitory.

Housewarden of Heartslabyul. A serious-minded student who firmly upholds the rules written by the Queen of Hearts. While a top student, he is easily angered and just as strict with others as he is with himself. Birthday August 24 (Virgo) Age 17 Height 160 cm (5'3") Dominant Hand Right Homeland Queendom of Roses Family Unnamed Mother and Father He enjoys solving crossword puzzles. Riddle is very self-conscious about his height; he flares up immediately whenever anyone mentions his stature, or treats him differently because of it. He claims that his height isn't the problem, but rather those who judge others based on appearance. He once furiously states that men continue growing well into their 20s, and that he still has time left to get taller. His horse in the Equestrian Club is named Vorpal. In a test, Riddle chooses to answer questions from the very beginning instead of going through them and doing the most convenient ones first. He prefers honey over sugar in his tea. Riddle irons his uniform shirt every morning. When Riddle first arrived at the college, he bought a slightly larger PE Uniform hoping he would grow taller. He still wears it despite not having grown. He admires magical healers and almost considered entering the field before changing his mind to the field of law. Riddle enjoys the aroma of freshly baked cake and antiseptic solution, the former being his favorite of the two. Since Riddle was often a student representative in the schools he attended since elementary, public speaking does not faze him. Riddle became the housewarden of Heartslabyul only a week after he enrolled at Night Raven College, while he was still a freshman.

Ace Trappola They're both from the Queendom of Roses, but didn't meet prior to Ace's enrollment at Night Raven College. As a Housewarden, Riddle regards Ace as a troublemaker who tries to get the easy way out of work, but also sees potential in him. Their relationship had a rocky start Deuce Spade They're both from the Queendom of Roses, but didn't meet prior to Deuce's enrollment at Night Raven College. Riddle acknowledges that Deuce is serious and exemplary and that, unlike Ace, is trying his utmost hardest to meet the standards of both the dorm and the college despite his not-so-stellar grades and equally bad troublemaking tendencies. He offers Deuce his old math workbooks with annotations written into them. Cater Diamond Despite Cater's socialite personality being the polar opposite of his, Riddle never seems to get truly angry at him. When he found out that Cater's might be failing one of his classes, Riddle was determined to help Cater with his studies, despite Cater being a grade above him. However, when his first solution didn't work out for Cater, he decided to take a different approach. Knowing how much time Cater spends on Magicam, Riddle made an account solely to post study material on it in order to help Cater memorize them easier. Trey Clover Trey is Heartslabyul's vice housewarden and Riddle seems to place great trust in him. They're also childhood friends and grew up in the same neighborhood in the Queendom of Roses. Trey, along with Che'nya, would bring treats and invite Riddle to play during his solo study sessions when they were young. However when Riddle was caught by his mother, Trey (and Che'nya) were forbidden from the Rosehearts residence. When Trey was sick, Riddle decided to make soup for him even though he doesn't like to cook, partly because he felt responsible for Trey catching a cold. Riddle loves Trey's baked sweets.

Having received intense training from a very early age, Riddle had developed to be an incredibly skilled magician for his age, even overpowering many of his upperclassmen. Out of the three main elements, Riddle seems particularly skilled with fire magic, and uses it frequently. he's a magician that excels with dealing high amounts of damage at rapid pace, but is also fragile and easily defeated. Signature Spell: "Are you ready for your sentence? The verdict comes afterwards. Any last words? Off With Your Head!" It causes a heart-shaped collar to lock around the target's neck, sealing away their magic until Riddle chooses to remove it. Although the spell is seemingly invincible, especially for inexperienced magicians, it can be countered by protective magic, or broken by a strong-enough target.

Riddle has a strong commitment to maintaining order among his peers. He makes it his duty to uphold hundreds of strange rules created by the Queen of Hearts as per his dorm’s customs. He can be seen as strict and intimidating by his fellow dorm members due to his severe punishments towards those who break the Queen’s rules, no matter how insignificant they may seem. He considers any written rule, whether it be from the school, the teachers, or the Queen herself, to be of utmost importance, and believes that any disobedience will cause unneeded chaos. Riddle is very dedicated to his studies at Night Raven College, and seeks perfection in every aspect of his life. He can be a bit irritable at times, sometimes for unnecessary reasons, like when someone mentions his height. He has a tendency to lash out against those who disagree with his way of thinking, as he considers his values to be morally right no matter what. While his strictness seems to come from a place of entitlement at first, it’s later revealed that Riddle feels like he must act this way out of obligation. Deep down, he wouldn’t mind breaking the rules now and again, but was taught the hard way as a child that rebelling against the status quo will only make things worse for himself and others. he learns to be a bit less strict with his fellow dorm members, as well as with himself. He seems to accept the fact that not everything has to be perfect, and works to find compromises with rule-breakers instead of immediately punishing them.

Riddle is a young-looking, fair-skinned young man that is considerably shorter than a majority of his peers. His hair is a neutral red color, and is cut short in the back and a bit longer around his face. His bangs curve inward, and two prominent strands of hair on the top of his head fall forward and form a heart shape. His eyes are bluish-gray, and he is commonly seen with a stern look on his face.

Dorm Uniform As the housewarden, Riddle’s dorm uniform differs greatly from the rest of the Heartslabyul students. The most distinguishing features are the small, golden crown on his head resembling the crown worn by the Queen of Hearts, and a long cape worn on his left shoulder. Riddle also wears red eyeshadow when in his dorm uniform. He wears a long white coat dress with yellow buttons, yellow trim, and a red underlining with a card-suit pattern. The coat dress is folded in the front in a curtain-type manner, connecting to two red roses on both sides of the coat. The lapels of his coat are asymmetrically colored black and red, and the red cuffs on his sleeves are folded up to reveal long, black gloves. Seen under the coat is a white dress shirt with a frilled collar, and a red and black cross bow-tie around the neck. A gold, crown-shaped pin is placed where the bow-tie intersects. Underneath the lapel of the coat on his left side hangs two gold ornaments, and printed on his coat is the symbol of Heartslabyul. Over the coat and around his waist is a striped, yellow and black sash, tied on his right side under a white pin, with red ruffles and a gold “H” in the center. His pants are white to match his coat, with a red and yellow stripe on the outer seams. Over the pants are black, over-the-knee boots, with a gold, heart-shaped design on the boot collars, modeled after the Queen of Hearts'. The boots have gold soles with high-heels, and red heart designs over the toe cap and heel.

His signature cape is worn over his left shoulder, and reaches the floor in length. It is black on the outside with red underlining and a large, white collar near the neck. The cape is seemingly connected to a checkerboard-patterned sash with yellow trim that wraps over the lapel of his coat. Placed where the sash and cape connect is a white rose, halfway covered in red paint. Nightwear He wears a two-piece velvet pajama set, a black button-down shirt and pajama pants, both pieces with small white lines at the wrists and ankles If he has to leave his room, he wears a robe with red checks, white stripes, and some black lines more thicker. He also wears a white hair bandana with small hearts as a pattern, removing his hair from his forehead, and black slippers

Riddle was born and raised in the Queendom of Roses. His parents are magic doctors, but his mother seems to be more well-known. The whereabouts of his father is currently unknown. However, it's implied that his parents don’t get along. Riddle's mother raised him and taught him from a very young age to be a powerful magic user. She controlled every aspect of Riddle's life; clothing, diet, who Riddle can be friends with, etc. She especially put emphasis on Riddle's studying schedule, reminding him multiple times that studies are the most important thing to do and that playing is a pointless activity. Because of this, Riddle spent most of his childhood alone and spent with studying. But one day, he saw Trey and Che'nya outside of his house, who asked Riddle what was he doing. Riddle told the boys that he's studying, as his mother told him. Trey and Che'nya invite Riddle to play together outside, with the hesitant Riddle initially refusing the offer, but after some convincing, he agrees to play with them. Riddle states that playing as a child with Trey and Che'nya together was a really fun experience, and so he would sneak out of his study time unbeknownst to his mother and play with Trey and Che'nya. On another occasion, while Riddle was playing together with Trey and Che'nya, Riddle stated that he'd never eaten strawberry tarts before and didn't know the taste of them, as sweets were prohibited by his mother, much to the surprise of his friends. Trey and Che'nya wanted Riddle to try his first tart, and the two then brought Riddle to Trey's popular family-owned bakery, though Riddle was reluctant about it at first. At the bakery, Riddle tasted the Strawberry Tart, and loved it. He ate until he lost track of time, in which he was found by his angry and upset mother, and was dragged back home.

Back in the house, Riddle's mother harshly scolded and reprimanded the distressed Riddle, who begged and cried to his mom to forgive him, but Riddle's mom didn't listen and thus made his studying time even more strict than it already is. In addition to the strictness of his schedule, both Trey and Che'nya were forbidden from ever interacting with Riddle and the two were to not step foot into Riddle's house. As time passed by, and Riddle spent his days doing nothing but studying and following his mother's orders, he adjusted to the harsh and strict life he has to live through.

Night Raven College has in its faculty a selection of talented professors each specialised in a specific department. There are a variety of classes these included both the core curriculum and the electives, available from first year forward. All students is required to complete a set of examinations to get into the next year of schooling. Being a high-level private college, the curriculum is notoriously tough to deal with. Every year, there are always a couple of dropouts or students who have to repeat a grade. However, there have been no such cases for Heartslabyul after Riddle became the housewarden of that dorm. Main fields of magical study taught at the magical school of Night Raven College are: History of Magic, Flying, Alchemy, Potionology, Physical Education, Magic Analysis, Poison Refining, Astrology, Practical Magic, Art, Musicology, Animal Linguistics and Ancient Magic. History of Magic History of Magic is also a required class taught at NRC and its materials are divided up into different sections and taught based on your year in schooling. The lessons in this class are only lectures about significant names, dates and events in magical history or the Great Sevens.

Flying and P.E. Flying is described as an elective class, but not many Pomefiore students take it. All students must take part of P.E, but Physical Training and Swimming seem to be P.E. elective courses.

Alchemy Alchemy is the study of magical plants and fungi, including their care and their magical properties and uses. Some magical plants formed important ingredients in potions, while others has magical effects in their own right. This class is a required course for all students, as it seems to provide the base knowledge for potion making before students qualify for other more complex science electives. Alchemy classes are held in the greenhouses and included plenty of hands-on activities, including harvesting mandrake or water the plants.

Potionology Potions are magical liquids created by mixing various ingredients in a cauldron according to very specific rules. These mixtures must usually be drank to give their magical effect.

Though the instructor may lead in making healing potions, there are legal restrictions on who can brew and administer potions in society at large. Riddle even mentions licensed potion pharmacists that formulate potions, as those who consume them may undergo physiological changes. Magical potions can only be brewed by licensed professionals or under the supervision of a licensed professional like Crewel.

Some potions are ineffective if not brewed by the person who intends to drink it, while other potions require infusions of magic while harvesting the ingredient or preparing the potion in its cauldron. Enigmics Enigmics is a branch of magic that was concerned with the magical properties of numbers. Enigmics at Night Raven College is taught by Professor Crewel. In his class, students are expected to write essays and to be able to understand complicated number charts, which are part of their homework Astrology Astrology is the system of using the relative positions of celestial bodies (including the sun, moon, and planets) to try to predict future events or gain insight into personality, relationships, and health. The students of Scarabia particularly excel in this subject. Ancient Magic Ancient Magic is a subject and presumably be taken by students third year. It is the study of ancient language (or runes) and it is a mostly theoretical subject that studied the ancient scripts of magic. Practical Magic Practical Magic involves using spell formulas in order to achieve a practical goal, such as autocleaning. Enchanting objects is described to be a "basic, rudimentary magic" that even first years are capable of performing. This is a required subject; failure to pass means you are held back one year.

Training Class There is a mandatory practical training class in which students fight magic projections of staff; this puts things learned in Practical Magic into use via combat. The practical training class used to be done off-campus in deserted areas booked for NRC use. This, however, led to issues like people going missing, students colluding, and fights between teachers and students. Modern technology has made it possible to create realistic environments and opponents while still on-campus. Culinary Crucibles The Culinary Crucible is a program in which the student can develop culinary skills by helping in the Cafeteria. Those who pass the Culinary Crucible taste tests will be granted optional credit. Art and Musicology Art and Musicology are required, as they encourage and expand one's imagination. This is important because spellcasting is enhanced by having a strong imagination. Further subjects Elective courses we don't have much information about: Defense Magic, Summoning, Biology, Toxicology, Magic Energy Engineering, Mathematics and Poison Refining. General rules First year students focus more on concepts and theories. The older students have classes which involve more use of magic than theory. Third years must choose between Poison Refining and Changes & Comparisons of Abbreviated Spells in Ancient and Modern Magic History as an elective. The latter is a lot of writing and making chronological tables. It is against rules to bring an untrained familiar. Students are not allowed to use signature spells during class. They are, however, allowed to use magic in fights if directed to by the instructors. Crewel heads the Science department, Trein the Humanities, and Vargas Physical Education.