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Glimmerbrook Academy

Glimmerbrook Academy is a secret boarding school for predominately adolescent spellcasters located in the small town of Glimmerbrook. Every earth-born spellcaster has to graduate from Glimmerbrook Academy to be deemed a senior spellcaster. Graduation is also required before an earth-born spellcaster can enter the magic realm freely.

Spellcasters born in the magic realm do not have to go through Glimmerbrook Academy, but they are taught by the sages of magic themselves. Many magic realm-born spellcasters look down on earth-born spellcasters and disassociate themselves from them, as magic realm-born spellcasters consider themselves "pure-bloods."

It all started when a great war in antiquity broke out when vampires and werewolves invaded to take energy from the magic realm's sacred moon to make them stronger and more powerful.

Large chunks of the magic realm were destroyed and lost during the attack. Many were killed, and many fled to Earth for fear of their lives, while others stayed and fought. This is why earth-born spellcasters are often looked down upon and called "cowards" by the new age "pure-bloods" whose ancestors fought in the war.

After the spellcasters who fled to Earth were scattered to all ends, many spellcasters either lost their magical ability and connection to the magic realm completely or only lost much of their magical life force, making them extremely weak. This led many of them to lose hope in magic altogether and decide to live human lives.

As years passed, only one spellcaster, Astora Blackstone, took it upon herself to regain the lost connection between the earth-bound spellcasters and the magic realm.

Astora and some other spellcasters traveled toward the end of a river in Glimmerbrook and built an arch that would serve to house a magical portal. Since spellcasters were very weak and couldn't use much of their power, the only way for a portal to be created between Earth and the magic realm was if a spellcaster used up their magical life force completely so that it acted as an intermediary between the two realms, which also meant that the spellcaster would cease to exist.

Astora, with her pure heart, chose to step up to the plate, leaving her poor children behind to sacrifice herself for unity. She is highly revered in the earthbound spellcasters community.

After the portal was created, some spellcasters, including Astora Blackstones' daughter, Milora Blackstone (yellow dress), and Miloras' best friend, Allegra Huber (red dress), went into the magic realm to plead and advocate for their reconnection to their magic and the magic realm. Sadly, the sages of magic at the time denied their requests and banned them from the magical realm until they regained their full magic since they were now closer to being humans than spellcasters. The law has remained the same as all sages throughout all generations are obligated to uphold the laws of the magic realm.

Milora Blackstone imagined a school built on Earth to reteach magic to at least the newer generations of earthbound spellcasters and reconnect them with the magical realm so that they know who they truly are as spellcasters. The sages of magic honored her proposal and gave Milora the resources and funds to construct the school, which she named Glimmerbrook Academy. They chose to make the school into a boarding school in the hidden town of Glimmerbrook to be secluded and private from non-spellcasters.

They also gave Allegra and Milora all of their magic back so that they could serve as experienced instructors, with Milora being the head instructor. They made a deal with the sages that all earthbound spellcasters must graduate from Glimmerbrook Academy first to be allowed into the magic realm.

Due to its size, the school operates as a four-year institution, housing only 6 students at a time.

The school is led by only a descendant of Milora Blackstone. The current leader is Dr. Agatha Blackstone (middle), a fifth-generation descendant. Dr. Agatha is also a highly esteemed academic professor on Earth, as she chose to make Earth her permanent home.

Since the school was created, earthbound spellcasters have sent their children to Glimmerbrook Academy, producing many young, strong, and powerful spellcasters. The school trains them in magic and additional skills such as herbalism, communicating with the dead, gardening, and geology. Students also learn the basics, such as the four core subjects: Math, English, Science, and Social Studies.

At the end of every four years, the leader and the three sages of magic hold a small yet sacred graduation ceremony, commemorating them into seniority. After graduation, earthbound students must choose to stay on Earth, with access between both worlds and lesser power, or in the Magical Realm, where they would transform into pure spellcasters, stronger and more powerful than earthbound spellcasters. However, they will be separated from everyone they once knew on Earth forever, as they cannot return to Earth. Many spellcasters choose to stay on Earth, but a select few choose the other route...

Introducing the Glimmerbrook Academy class of 2000 (From the left three to the right three): Fawn Aureylian, Luke Snow, Sisters Reyna and Leyna Sutherland, Jasmine Grender, and Barnabas Nightingale.

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Early U.S. Era - The Howell Legacy - c. 1840s South Carolina

Trigger Warning - Mentions of Slavery and other sensitive things.

Greetings!,

Meet the Howell Plantation. In the charming South Carolina town of Willow Creek, The Howell name is of very high status. The family comprises Parker and Amalia Howell and their three children: Damon, the eldest; Aspen, the middle; and Danny Howell, the youngest. The family owns ten slaves and is the only family in the town with a plantation. The family’s main slaves are Reginald and Nora Howell. Due to the family's admiration of Nora and Reginald’s skill and workability, the two built a cabin on the family’s main lot. Reginald is currently courting Nora and has taken a lot of interest in her.

Parker Howell’s 2nd great grandfather of unknown identity inherited the plantation to his son Vernon C. Howell who inherited to his son, Anthony C. Howell, who handed the plantation to his first son, Elliot C. Howell. Elliot had his son Parker C. Howell and then inherited it to Parker at the age of 39, after Elliot died at the age of 78.

Anthony C. Howell’s grandfather began the plantation in 1663 when he was appointed one of the Lord’s Proprietors and given the land by King Charles II. Anthony’s grandfather is the forgotten ninth Lord's Proprietor, for his name was erased from many sources, not even Elliot knew his name; Anthonys father Vernon refused to utter his name...

Though the reason for his identity and erasure is unknown and up for speculation, Parkers great-great grandfather is revered by Willow Creek for driving the natives out of the settlement with the help of his men who came along with him on the ship, which marked the beginning of the new town.

Nora was born on a Virginia plantation, separated from her mother, father, and grandmother at age six, and brought to South Carolina. Parker bought Nora when she was 18; she is now 26 in 1840. Nora is very passive and timid but gets inspired easily. She is a domestic slave in charge of cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry.

Reginald was born on a South Carolina plantation. His mother was conceived by the r*pe of her mother done by their master. Reginald's mother being biracial explains Reginald’s faint yet noticeable European features. Reginald's father and mother were later hung due to being caught by their sadistic master while they were conspiring to escape with their family and the other slaves. (The master, married with kids, was secretly and deeply in love with Reginald's mother and couldn't fathom losing her, which was really the driving point that led him to commit such an act.)

Afterward, Reginald was relocated to a South Carolina plantation at an early age and then given to Parker by Reginald’s previous master as a gift when Reginald was 20. Reginald is now 29 years of age in 1840. Despite the tragic death of his parents, Reginald is very charismatic and upbeat and knows how to stay out of trouble most of the time. He is the primary field hand and he’s in charge of taking care of errands around town as well as taking care of the cattle and crops.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 Howell (Later named Howard).