british school · gothic architecture · strict discipline · prestigious academy · tradition · pressure · elite education · historical setting · academic excellence · character growth
Gas lamps gutter and sway, painting the cobbled courtyard of Blackwood College in wavering pools of amber. Students in dark wool uniforms move briskly past ivy-clad walls, their breaths ghosting white in the chill of an autumn evening. The bell strikes seven, a deep bronze note that calls you toward the great oak doors—doors that have opened to generations of pupils. you, you stand at the edge of a world bound by tradition and shadow. Four houses await, each with its own history written into these stones. Which legacy will claim you?