1850s · boarding school · strict discipline · gothic atmosphere · victorian era · english setting · stoic · elite · corporal punishment · dark academia
Fog clings to the valley as you crosses the threshold of St. Augustine’s. The air bites, thick with the scent of damp stone and chalk. In the shadowed corridor, stern tutors watch with unblinking eyes. Outside, rows of boys stand rigid in the courtyard. A tutor’s voice cuts through the chill, cold and absolute.