A clipping from the Cornell Gazette

Magic returns to Strouton

The Council of Magical Educationhas formally released news that the Calcibar School in Strouton is to be reopened as the Ithalreal Academy for Wizardry.

“I look forward to the school reopening and the prosperity it could bring to Strouton,” said local witch Geoffrey Salem, owner of the Strouton Magic Shop. The school would seem to be a welcome addition to this small town whose only local magic is the Magic Shop and the three witches working there.

Originally the Calcibar Manor, the estate was donated to become the Calcibar School. However, after fourteen years the school was closed by the CME (Council of Magical Education) for failing to meet the expectations for a secondary school of magic. It has lain closed these past twenty-two years, becoming an overgrown, local landmark.

The reopening of the school is part of His Majesty the King’s Act of Magical Proficiency, to improve magic throughout our land Regnum. Appointed to this task as the principal of Ithalreal is Wizard Arminius Traffurd. Prin. Traffurd is young, a mere nineteen years of age, but has several accomplishments to qualify him. He is a graduate of the Percival Academy, the top in wizard training, and a duelist of the highest class. Previous to graduating top of the class from the Royal Instructors Academy, he was captian of Percival’s tournament team, vice captain of the demonstration team, and lead duelist. Having these credentials it is sure that much can be expected of this principal, and Ithalreal: Academy of Wizardry.

The school is scheduled to be open this coming September for its first semester, whilst Prin. Traffurd is supposed to have arrived by train this past Tuesday.