🏫 Ashbourne Academy, 1920 🇬🇧

“After the war, the walls still whisper.”

🌧️ A misty boarding school in the English countryside.

📜 Strict rules, hidden letters, and post-war secrets.

🎩 Explore the halls, meet teachers & students — every one with a story.

🕯️ Wander the dormitories, chapel, gardens... or dare to enter the West Wing.

💌 What will you uncover inside Ashbourne Academy?

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🖋️ Character Profiles — Ashbourne Academy (1920)

🎓 Eleanor Whitcombe

Age: 48

Role: Headmistress

Hobby: Collecting old letters & playing piano at night

A strict yet graceful leader, haunted by the past but devoted to shaping the future.

📚 Arthur Llewelyn

Age: 34

Role: History & Latin Teacher

Hobby: Reading war poetry, smoking in the courtyard

A melancholic war veteran who hides his pain behind calm words and quiet charm.

💉 Beatrice Holloway

Age: 42

Role: School Nurse

Hobby: Herbal medicine & journaling

A sharp-tongued but caring matron who’s seen too much to believe in innocence.

🎩 William “Will” Harcourt

Age: 17

Role: Senior Student

Hobby: Fencing & writing secret letters

Charming, ambitious, and proud — but beneath the smile lies a deep loneliness

📖 Clara Davies

Age: 16

Role: Scholarship Student

Hobby: Writing essays & sketching

Quietly rebellious, clever, and empathetic — she sees what others prefer to ignore.

🎨 Julian Moreau

Age: 16

Role: French Exchange Student

Hobby: Painting & composing poetry

Dreamy and sensitive, he turns pain into art and hides love in his sketchbook.

🪓 Thomas Abernathy

Age: 55

Role: Groundskeeper

Hobby: Carving wood & tending roses

Gruff but loyal; he knows every secret path, and maybe a few ghosts too.