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HER MAJESTY'S (SUMMER) HOUSE CUP: WALKABOUT INFO
a magical art (summer) school walkabout
July 19 - August 27th
At Her Majesty’s Royal Academy of the Arts (Majesty’s for short), a prestigious boarding school for Britain’s most talented (or most well connected), students learn to harness the magic of creation. In this world, art is literally magic--and magic itself is a form of art.
Although not part of the normal school calendar, for the last few years, Majesty’s has been offering a special summer session for their students--and for an extra fee, students from other schools can also study at Majesty’s during the summer session. But just because it’s only a summer session doesn’t mean that the traditions of Majesty’s will be ignored!
That’s right! It’s time for Majesty’s (Summer) House Cup! Who will win the most house points? Who will lose the most house points? And, most importantly, who will win the Final (Summer) Art Competition?
THE SCHOOL
Called ‘Majesty’s’ for short, this is one of Britain's most prestigious magical schools. (And art school, of course: but in this world, those two things are one and the same.) Majesty’s is an old fashioned boarding school, where children of all genders attend to learn how to master their magical and artistic abilities.
Historically, Majesty’s was distinctly upper crust, with only the children of the upper classes attending. But since creativity is most certainly not exclusive to the aristocracy, over time the school’s makeup has changed to include more students of all backgrounds. Upper class children still attend the school in significant numbers, but many get in on family connections rather than creative ability, and the least talented students will be part of this group. Meanwhile, the bulk of the school population is made up of the most creative children in the country. Most of the students end up here because they displayed powerful feats of accidental magic while doodling.
Take the fanciest and most aristocratic traditional boarding school building. Something like this, perhaps. Then stick that castle on big massive fluffy white clouds, and send it floating around all over the place. This is Majesty’s.
Despite their fluffiness and apparent insubstantial nature, the clouds are perfectly safe to walk on. Students can wander around them as they wish, and the grounds include features such as cricket, tennis, and croquet courts. There’s also a fluffy cloud forest, which has been populated with game (because surely no one could expect the aristocratic students of years past to not be able to hunt foxes while they go around floating all over the place. The horror).
Inside, the castle is fabulously decorated, with secret passageways and magical secrets hidden all throughout. Each house has their own dormitory, with students typically rooming with three others.
More information about Majesty’s sister schools can be found on the original Jaunt info page.