St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth

St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth was a high-end orphanage and boarding school located in Delctra's Cauldron Borough in Paytern Hill Ward in Trynser City. It was located on the corner of Marketplace Low Road and St. Bassard's Street, operated by the Imperial government through the Imperial Magistrace. 
The capacity of St. Bassard's was 144 wards. 
== Background and Purpose ==
Originally built as a orphanage for children of Imperial government employee parents, St. Bassard's became popular as a home for the less-advantaged (illegitimate) children of Imperial nobles. This led to the popular but unflattering name of "St. Bastard's".
The home was also commonly used by the Empire to board children of captured or ransomed enemies, by the Imperial Corps of Mages and other important spellcasters to board children created by magic and alchemy, and by adventurers stuck with an enemy's kids.
The home was more fashionable than many orphanages. Among other things, beginning on the first day of 1742, the double doors to the main entrance featured a pair of pink carved roses serving as doorknobs. Paid for through donations, these were provided by Statues Underhill which produced sculptures and by the enchanter Mojarósa.
The home provided education for children of ages 12-18, with secondary education being career-based according to the abilities or (occasionally) the desires of the student. The school took 24 students a year, 16 boys and 8 girls. Younger disadvantaged children were brought up at the nearby St. Ingrance's Nursery. Older students might be adopted or apprenticed out, or were otherwise turned out at 17-18 with a diploma, a transcript, and other certifications if their studies were satisfactory; or simply out into the street if not. The most poorly behaved or otherwise inappropriate children might simply be expelled, though the faculty would exhaust many options including cruel and unusual punishments before they would resort to this. Students who did manage to graduate with a diploma were in high demand among employers.
There were classes in magical, military, and theological science as well as in civics. Students in these studies were quietly groomed for a career in the Imperial services or government. The Citadel's intelligence corps was known to quietly recruit some of the most talented students.
Rumor had it that many of the students were "fixed" so that their illegitimate blood lines were terminated. This was just a rumor.
== Faculty and Staff ==
1742
* Deacon Chancellor Logos Muirleaf
* Chaplain Sienna Fance
* Dean Dreward Mostwick: Dean of Technical Arts
* Dean of Primary Schooling
* Dean of Ecclesiastics
* Dean of Magical Studies
* Dean of Fine Arts
* Prof. Nicholas Rondu: Professor of Building Trades
* Prof. Clarence Smartcat: Professor of Material Sciences
* Prof. Katerina Smartcat: Professor of General Education
* Assistant Instructor: Minigallith "Miss Mini" Atakares (began on Heris 14, 1742)
* Assistant Instructor: Thaddeus Young (left in early 1742)
* Guest lecturers: alchemist Donghai Ping and, rarely, reported former residents inventor Terri "Smart" Brunt and mage/alchemist/bard Mojarósa.
== Locations ==
St. Bassard's was sprawled across the center of the Cauldron, to the west of St. Tanta's Plaza.
* Classrooms
* Dormatories, 3 generally identical buildings, Boys' Dorms A and B, and the Girls's Dorm
* Wash House, containing baths and laundry.
* Karlow's Theater, a small theater used by the Stagecraft students, and also assemblies and ceremonies such as graduation.
* Workshops
* Gymnasium
* Chapel of St. Bassard
== Students ==
=== 1742 ===
* Princess Alarra Gormann 16
* Asric Nehonin 16
* Chloris Jennigan 14
* Dase Bareface 16 (expelled in early 1742)
* Fern the Siegemaster 16
* Sister Henna Brenafar 16
* Mugsey Dormp 15 (left for employment in 1742)
* Rajzhela Carnelian 16
* Scorpia Lee 14
* Shermal Vott 16
* Sherrod Urnen, 17 (left for employment in 1742)
* Snowy Zeddick 15
* Turgan Tin-Finger 12
* Zack Macklerey 17
== Uniform ==
The students wore light pink shirts, with pink and burgundy checked trousers or pleated skirts as preferred, and fern green jackets and neck wear. Regulations were relaxed when working in a workshop. 
== Notable alumni ==
The school has a number of recognized alumni.
* Prof. Clarence Smartcat: Now in the faculty.
* Mamwucza Rosekeeper: Innkeeper of Twelve Rose Inn in Trynser City
* Mistress Mojarósa: Mistress enchantress and bard of Milspar and Trynser City
* Professor Terri "Smart" Brunt: Professor at The Academy of Starlight Engine in Fulmando
* Padre Tomás de Cauldron: Father overseer of El orfanato de Santa Qut del mar del sur (The Orphanage of St. Qut of the Southern Sea) of Fulmando
* Sarah Jennigan: Delctra's Cauldron Borough sculptor
== Clubs ==
* After-School Exercise Club: A mysterious club.
* Fencing Club: A club devoted to the fine art of fencing.
== Working Pages ==
Information in progress, not set in stone
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Category:Orphanages
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