“Quite an impressive school, it houses much ancient knowledge, and has a fairly good history, although I must admit it does seem to be.. well.. oddly secretive about what is under the school in the 4 basement floors, I wouldn’t think much of it though.” - Dumbledore, on Eldermyst.
Center of the Thorne canon and universe.[]
The Eldermyst Academy was founded in 1096 by Seraphina Brook, starting out as a small house over 12 miles away from the current location, for many years it was just Brook and her close relatives teaching kids how to do basic magical spells, however Brook began learning of dark magic, and the further she searched into it the more she was interested. Eventually she took down the house and Henry Thorne adopted the school where it is today. The school specializes in German spells and ancient enchantments, hiding secrets of some of the most dangerous spells below in the 4 levels of basement.
Classes[]
Runic Studies - In this class students are taught how to say more difficult pronunciations for German spells, and how to decipher the meanings of their names, and possibly make their own spells, this class is required, and it is a vital part of learning German incantations.
Spell Book History - In this class students dive into the history of English and German spells and spell books, as well as learning some simple ancient charms, this class is required, and there is an optional advanced version where students learn difficult ancient spells or charms that require a magic expertise to use.
Charm and Rune Crafting - In this class students learn how to imbue simple objects with magical charms and create runes, they learn simple to magical charms. This class is vital and required, as charms are a lot of the magical world, runes are just a side project of the main charms from this class.
Defence against the Dark Arts - This class is available in most Wizarding schools, and it is required in this one, it is fairly similar to the one in Hogwarts, however it includes some German and ancient spells mixed in with basic Latin spells.
Conjuror Class - A class focused on conjuring creatures and transfiguring creatures, spells that turn one creature into another creature and spells that create creatures are taught in this class, it does not include much German spells as it is a basic required class.
Basement Secrets[]
The basement includes many magical objects and creatures, floor 1 contains small insignificant magical objects such as whispering seashells and evergreen blossoms.
Basement Floor 2 contains more dangerous magical objects, some of which, like aurstone, can be dangerous, but others are hidden because they could be taken advantage of.
Basement Floor 3 contains many peaceful magical creatures, it is also where Henry Thorne’s office is, people are allowed to visit and see the animals and his office, some of these animals include willow wrens and peaceful water serpents.
Basement Floor 4 includes dangerous animals locked up and hidden from students and some teachers, some of the earliest basilisk failed attempts lay dormant here, and rumor has it they were starved until death due to their danger and ferocity, this also contains many runes and books with spells by people like Seraphina Brook, which were locked to never be found again.
“After learning of what lays beneath the surface of Eldermyst, i must not lie i was confused about the first basement floor and why it was locked up, but after further researching i think i understand the situation, many of these objects and many of these creatures could be used for conquering, and they must be held below..” - Dumbledore, after learning about the basement floors
Curse of Eldermyst[]
The curse of Eldermyst is a widely discussed and argued subject within the school, Henry Thorne has been trying to hide it and keep it a secret, but the more he tries the more it spreads, and slowly as he goes insane the secrets have been revealed. After Seraphina Brook abandoned the school, she seemed to have discovered something, an extremely powerful object, and she cursed it to stop anyone from using it. Because the object is hidden in basement floor 4 of Eldermyst Academy, the owner of the academy is affected by the curse, and Henry had been slowly going insane because of it. The academy is cursed, and there is no way to stop it.
The curse presents itself in many ways, one way is destroying the mental state of the owner of said object, he or she will slowly descend into madness, thinking about the curse, and if not attended to will usually fall into the depths of dark magic, dying from their addictions. Henry Thorne has begun this process, he is clinically insane and has begun to experiment with dark magic, people have tried to help him, but most who try get expelled or fired. The curse also protects this object with Ne-Engels, statues of angels that sends your intent and murder you if you try to use the object, or cast any dangerous spells near them.
These angels have caused many deaths, and have blood encrusted on their body in several places. They have been known to cast spells, such as Avada Kedavra and Traurig. There have also been several occasions where these angels sense murderous intent from a student, and break through every floor at a rapid pace, reaching the student and Stupefying or even killing them.
It seems as though the whole school was created to protect whatever object hides in the basement, as simple things like whispering seashells also seem to target anyone with intent to find out more about it or steal it. But these statues and the whispering seashells have recently been at “war”, the seashells have been convincing people to try to destroy or stop these statues, and it never ends well, nobody knows why this has been happening, but it can’t be the start to anything good.