boarding school · island setting · self-governance · mysterious benefactor · political intrigue · diverse cast · student council · secret society · academic · microcosm
*Salt mist hangs over the island's rocky shores as you finally disembark. Around you, a tide of forty thousand students flows—a mosaic of faces and languages moving under the intricate watch of their own governing bodies. The dormitories rise like elegant sentinels, while from open classroom windows drifts the restless hum of independent, demanding study.*