Clock Tower

The is the first branch and headquarters of the Mage's Association, located in London, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
==Overview==
Fate Zero clock tower.png|The Clock Tower in Fate/Zero.
Fatekaleid liner PRISMA clock tower.png|The Clock Tower in Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA.
Clock Tower (Apo).png|The Clock Tower in Fate/Apocrypha.
Clock Tower (Case Files).png|The Clock Tower in Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files.
Clock Tower (FSF).png|The Clock Tower in Fate/strange Fake.
FGOClockTower.png|The Clock Tower in Fate/Grand Order.
The Clock Tower is the faction belonging to Brishisan, a student of Solomon, who was one of the people to found the Mage's Association during 0 AD, alongside Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, a fellow student of Solomon, and other Magi. 
The Mage's Association split into three separate factions as of 20 AD, Atlas and the Wandering Sea rejecting the modernization of Magecraft and the Director's following deciding to embrace it. The Clock Tower was officially formed as of 500 AD.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files material - Chronology of the Clock Tower Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg was a founding member of the Clock Tower.
From the outside, the Clock Tower appears to be an appealing and welcoming place, but the truth is not so bright. Actually, the inner workings of the place are ruled by the power struggles between several factions of Magi. In Heaven's Feel True Ending, Rin Tohsaka described her trial in London as being more a parade than anything else: although it had over 300 participants, the majority of them were Magi who wanted to gain favor with the higher ranks.Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - True End: Return to the spring
The Clock Tower is currently under the control of a pseudo-aristocratic elite called the Lords. Each Lord holds great political power within the Association just by himself, and there is also those who associate themselves to other talented Magi or an important Magi lineage in a sponsor-sponsored relationship so to increase their influence. There is a distinction between what are called the 'big' and 'small' Lords of the Clock Tower. The 'big' sense refers to the Twelve Lords at the head of each faculty. The 'small' sense, however, refers to nobles called lords, most of whom belong to the Three Great Families.
Perhaps due to this elitist background, preconceived and discriminatory behavior is somewhat widespread inside the Clock Tower. Rune and Witchcraft Thaumaturgy are not very popular in the main branch, the latter not being taught as an academia at all. The Enforcers are looked down upon by the upper ranks. Discrimination against Asians is common, which might be a factor on why so few of them are members of the Association.
Admission of new members involves exams to test one's knowledge of Magecraft, but it is possible to bypass this and become a scholarship student through letters of recommendation or the successor of a distinct lineage of Magi,Fate/stay night - Unlimited Blade Works route - True End: Brilliant Years having outstanding talent,Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - Day 8: De:light - Truth or even by accomplishing an impressive display of Magecraft.Fate/stay night Prologue - Day 3 
Said "outstanding" individuals receive special treatment such as individual rooms in the dormitory or the right to bring along a couple of apprentices. The right to retain apprentices is partly due to the factional disputes at the Clock Tower, as the first children of famous Magi are always in danger of being targeted for their life, and thus have the right to keep their retainers or disciples by their side to protect themselves. The apprentices won't have to pay for enrollment or go through the examinations themselves, but they won't be seen as members of the Association either. Magi formally accepted into the Association receive a Color Card Invitation, a ceremony to check their qualifications, the color of their Souls, and to register them, serving as the certificate of Magus' loyalty to the Clock Tower.
The organization handling patents relating to Magecraft is also the Clock Tower. Several elements affect Magecraft, like the position of the stars or the Ley Lines, and it is important to make sure that different spells are compatible when combined. The Magecraft of spring cannot be used with that of winter. If someone wants to create a new formula, they need to face these issues every time. For that reason, Magi make a living by obtaining a license from the Department of Policies for every new formula created, so other people would have to pay to use them.Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 9: case. Grand Roll (Middle) - Chapter 1 Part 1 
These patents are only awarded from the Carillon Observatory in the Spiritual Tomb of Albion. Lord El-Melloi II is notorious among Magi for using his talent to analyze others' Magecraft in order to copy and change their research slightly, so that he can file patents on it under his own name.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Chapter 3 Part 3 Touko Aozaki earns more than £10,000 a month through her many patents,Mahoutsukai no Yoru - Extra Chapter: "A Honeyed Adventure" and the current finances of the Tohsaka family are being covered by the patent royalties that are being transferred to their account, annual income amounting to roughly eight figures in yen. The Carillon Observatory is also used to observe the surface, using a Mystic Code connected to Ley Lines to report periodically on the activation of patented Magecraft over the world.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 5: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Lower) - Chapter 3 Part 2
It has been said in Clock Tower that there are three possible disasters within the Association: Gazamy the Evil Spirit, Sealing Designations and the Enforcers.Fate/hollow ataraxia - Eclipse - Sequel.
==Locations==
===Headquarters===
The Clock Tower is located at the . Specifically, the museum is where the entrance to it is situated, with the Clock Tower and its facilities being underground, extending from up until .Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog - Section 7: One More Mystery 
The Clock Tower was originally only its headquarters in London, but in the hundreds of years since its establishment, and as it expanded, more facilities were added.Fate/Grand Order - London: The Death World in the City of Demonic Fog - Section 8: The Death of the Mage's Association 
It is the largest magical fortress in the World of Magecraft, protected by hundreds of defensive contraptions, and wouldn't be destroyed even if the Earth itself was.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Anastasia: Permafrost Empire - Section 1: Empire of Beasts At the deepest part, there is a special area called the "Bottom of the Bridge" where the Association confines many Sealing Designated Magi deemed to be "dangerous because their talents were too outstanding."
===Campus===
Comprising the rest of the Association are eleven of the departments which reconfigured themselves as their own s in the districts and suburbs surrounding London (Slur, Rocks Road, etc).Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 3: case. Twin Towers of Iselma (Lower) - EpilogueClock Tower 2015 - 01 Summer - Suburb of London - Clock Tower Eleventh District The twelfth one, Mystile, the Faculty of General Fundamentals and the First Department, serves as the main academic building located in the suburbs of London and has a similar appearance to . 
It looks like a normal old university on the outside,Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 1: case. Adra Castle Separation - Epilogue due to Bounded Fields mystically and psychologically protecting it against people (from physical methods like inspection zones on highways and cartographic erasure to Bounded Fields obscuring vision), preventing passers-by from carelessly walking in. 
The cityscape is a juxtaposition of contemporary and medieval architecture, with some of the buildings dating back as far as the 12th Century but still being well-preserved. The town consists of over 40 student dormitories and over a hundred research buildings and school structures of various purposes, as well as the business districts that supply the residents. At the center of this area, the first school built among the city buildings is what is referred to with reverence by Magi everywhere as the Clock Tower proper.
As several elements affect Magecraft, the classrooms of the Clock Tower are all built in carefully selected locations. They are constructed extra sturdily, in the case of experiments gone wrong or altercations between Magi, and are built over top of Ley Lines.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 4: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Upper) - Chapter 1 Part 1 
As the oversight of a classroom is linked to the overseeing of lands,Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 2: case. Twin Towers of Iselma (Upper) - Prologue they are extremely valuable, to the point acquiring them is a sign of prestige. For example, the Valualeta hold classrooms which are among the best Spiritual Lands in the entire Clock Tower.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 2: case. Twin Towers of Iselma (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 2
===Spiritual Tomb of Albion===
The Clock Tower is built atop the , the corpse of a mountain-sized Dragon that did not venture to the Reverse Side of the World with the coming of the Age of Man, and later died trying to dig down to the Reverse Side. There are only four entrances to the Spiritual Tomb of Albion throughout London, one of which is located in London's in . Built like a labyrinth, it is the source of many mystical resources for the Magi of the Clock Tower, and also home to Magical Beasts. The deeper you go the stranger things get, as you grow closer to the Reverse Side of the World.Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 4
At the bottom of the Spiritual Tomb of Albion is the Carillon Observatory, the oldest room of the Clock Tower and where Sealing Designations are decided.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 3 Part 3
===Other locations===
Some affiliated buildings and institutions are known to be located elsewhere. For example, Gazamy the Evil Spirit, treated as the number one disaster in the Association, was locked up at the bottom of the (which is under the jurisdiction of Lord EulyphisLord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 5 Part 4) prior to escaping at the end of the 20th century.
==Structure==
===Leadership===
====Director====
The of the Clock Tower is a former disciple of Solomon involved with the inception of the Association at the start of the AD calendar and has led the Clock Tower since its inception in 500 AD.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files material
====Three Great Families====
The are the three major families that hold sway over the Clock Tower, Barthomeloi, Trambelio, and Valualeta, and around twenty families of relatives. They are objects of fear within the Clock Tower, and they are even well-known in normal society. The one with the shortest family history is of five hundred years, while the longest has a history of over two thousand years. The families have been plotting for a very long time. Of the three the Barthomeloi are at the top, the most powerful and influential family in the entire Clock Tower. 
====Lords====
The are twelve individuals holding the position of head of one of the twelve Departments and the Policies Department. The gathering of the Lords for decision-making within the Clock Tower is called the Grand Roll. They act as the Deans of each Department, but, prior to Lord El-Melloi II, the Dean of Modern Magecraft Theory was not a Lord. Lords can appoint to handle their affairs.
#Trambelio
#Solonea
#Eulyphis
#Meluastea: in charge of two departments after taking possession of Mineralogy from the El-Melloi family in the confusion following Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald's death.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 4: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Upper) - Chapter 1 Part 2
#Gaiuslink
#Brishisan
#Archelot
#Animusphere
#Valualeta
#Jigmarie
#Meluastea
#El-Melloi
#Barthomeloi
===Factions===
CTFactions.png|Map of the three Factions.
Democratic Lords.jpg|Two Lords of the Democratic Faction, Lord McDonell Trambelio Elrod and Lord Inorai Valualeta Atroholm.
Aristocratic Lords.jpg|Two members of the Aristocratic Faction, Lord Rufleus Nuada-Re Eulyphis and Olga Marie Animusphere.
The Clock Tower has three major , with many Magi families being part of one. The Factions are named after which family is the head of their respective faction.
====Aristocratic Faction====
*Leading family: Barthomeloi Faction.
*Supporting factions: El-Melloi Faction, Animusphere Faction, Gaiuslink Faction, others.
*Purpose: They believe the management of the Clock Tower should be handed to those nobility who had proven to have excellent bloodlines.
====Democratic Faction====
*Leading family: Trambelio Faction.
*Supporting factions: Valualeta Faction (includes Iselma Family), Edelfelt Faction, others.
*Purpose: They believe bloodline should be disregarded and those with the talent should be in charge.
====Neutral Faction====
*Leading family: Meluastea Faction.
*Supporting factions: Brishisan Faction, Jigmarie Faction, others.
*Purpose: They don't care one way or the other, and just want to do their research in peace.
===Academics===
====Deans====
The lead each department. For the Twelve Departments, the Dean is normally the Lord of the Department. Before coming under El-Melloi control, the Dean of Modern Magecraft Theory was Doctor Heartless. Secondary departments like the Department of Summoning also have their own Dean.
====Principal Professors====
Departments have a .
====Professors====
 directly teach students of the Clock Tower. The Deans also act in the capacity of Professors. There are and .
===Departments===
====Twelve Departments====
The Clock Tower divides the city of London based on faculty and department, divided into 12 domains of mysticism. The architecture varies depending on the district, the city reflecting the specialties of each faculty. The main school is in London, consisting of Mystile, the Faculty of General Fundamentals, and five Major Classrooms and seventy or so Minor Classrooms.
The Twelve Faculties are ruled by the Twelve Lords. The majority of the Magi begin their studies at General Fundamentals for fourLord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 2: case. Twin Towers of Iselma (Upper) - Chapter 1 Part 1 or five years, and then move on to other Faculties,Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 1: case. Adra Castle Separation - Chapter 2 Part 1 usually entering the Faculty associated with their lineage. However, particularly talented students can take on multiple course loads, or switch faculties repeatedly as soon as possible.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 4: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Upper) - Chapter 1 Part 1 Magi might also enroll in other Faculties as associates to help further their studies in their own Faculty. Professors can also give guest lectures to other departments outside their own.
Each department has a second name that is named after their founder. For example, the Department of Mineralogy is also known as "Kischur" after Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg. The exceptions are the Department of Zoology, which is simply called "Chimera" as nobody knows who founded it; and the relatively new Department of Modern Magecraft Theory, which is named Norwich not after its founder, but its key sponsor.
The Department of Policies was previously part of the twelve, but was split out in the 1700s.
Number	Name 	Alias 	Lord 	Faction 	Info
1 	General Fundamentals 	Mystile 	McDonell Trambelio Elrod 	Democratic 	One of the Three Major Families. Leader of the Democrats.
2 	Individual Fundamentals	Solonea 	Solonea 	Neutral 	-
3 	Spiritual Evocation 	Eulyphis 	Rufleus Nuada-Re EulyphisRocco Belfeban (Representative)	Aristocratic 	The Lord is selected from the Sophia-Ri, a family branch that has existed through generations, and then officially adopted by the main family, Eulyphis.
4 	Mineralogy 	Kischur 	Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald → Karmaglyph Meluastea Deluc	Aristocratic → Neutral	-
5 	Zoology 	Chimera 	Gaiuslink 	Aristocratic 	A family that is a puppet of the Barthomeloi.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 9: case. Grand Roll (Middle) - Chapter 2 Part 3
6 	Lore 	Brishisan 	Brishisan 	Neutral 	A heretic scholarship under the control of the Director, dealing with otherworldly artifacts. The department with the least number of students since the Clock Tower's creation.
7 	Botany 	Yumina 	Archelot 	Aristocratic 	-
8 	Astromancy 	Animusphere 	Marisbury Animusphere 	Aristocratic 	The founders of Chaldea in Fate/Grand Order.
9 	Creation 	Valuay 	Inorai Valualeta Atroholm‎ 	Democratic 	One of the Three Major Families.
10 	Curses 	Jigmarie 	Jigmarie 	Neutral 	-
11 	Archaeology 	Meluastea, alternatively Astea	Karmaglyph Meluastea Deluc 	Neutral 	Leader of the Neutralists. A very austere department, distant from power struggles.
12 	Modern Magecraft Theory	Norwich 	Lord El-Melloi II 	Aristocratic 	The previous head was Doctor Heartless, but he wasn't a Lord.
13 	Policies 	- 	Barthomeloi Lorelei 	Aristocratic 	One of the Three Major Families. Leader of the Aristocracy.
====Subordinate departments====
=====Department of Summoning=====
====Classrooms====
=====Carillon Observatory=====
=====El-Melloi Classroom=====
====Other organizations====
=====Secret Autopsy Division=====
====External Branch Chapters====
The Clock Tower has other branches outside the United Kingdom across the globe. One of the reasons for it is so they can help enforce Magecraft copyright since the Carillon Observatory cannot cover the entire world. Each branch is fitted with their own limited Mystic Codes connected to major Ley Lines, allowing for the policing of patented Magecraft in seventy to eighty percent of the world's lands:
* - According to Da Vinci, it is understaffed.Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Salem: The Forbidden Advent Garden, Prologue
*Singapore branch - It is housed in a building on , and its branch manager is a man named Chris. Its observatory is named the Limited Mystic Code Observational Sphere Luxcarta, and requires authorization from both the Clock Tower and the Spiral Manor to use as its range of a several-hundred-kilometer radius covers Manor territory.
==Known Members==
===Director/Dean===
;Brishisan
:The person of highest position in the Clock Tower and one of the disciples of Solomon, "The Director" has been the same person for the two thousand years since the founding of the Association, and because of this is thought to be something more than human, with Touko Aozaki calling him a "Vampire knockoff".Clock Tower 2015 - 03 Autumn - Suburb of London - Clock Tower Eleventh District He is also the head of the Department of Lore.
;Barthomeloi Lorelei
:Also known as "The Queen" of London's Clock Tower, the Vice Director of the Mage's Association, head of the Department of Policies and leader of the Aristocratic Faction.
;Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi
:The former head of the Department of Mineralogy and an Instructor in the Department of Spiritual Evocation. Killed in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
;Karmaglyph Meluastea Deluc
:The head of the Department of Archaeology and current head of the Department of Mineralogy after taking possesion of it.
;Rufleus Nuada-Re Eulyphis
:He is the head of the Department of Spiritual Evocation and Kayneth's teacher.
;Inorai Valualeta Atroholm‎
:She is the head of the Department of Creation and teacher of Touko Aozaki, Souren Araya and Cornelius Alba.
;Lord El-Melloi II
:Instructor. Formerly a student to Kayneth and later succeeded him as Lord El-Melloi II. He has produced many excellent disciples. He is the head of the Department of Modern Magecraft Theory.
;Doctor Heartless
:Instructor. Former head of the Department of Modern Magecraft Theory before El-Melloi II.
;Marisbury Animusphere
:The head of the Department of Astromancy. He is the founder and Director of the Chaldea Security Organization.
;McDonell Trambelio Elrod
:The head of the Department of General Fundamentals and leader of the Democratic Faction.
;Rocco Belfeban
:Rocco is the head of the who held the position for over fifty years in the Mage's Association.
===Staff===
;Anses Growchester
:The Principal Professor of the Department of Zoology.
;Bazett Fraga McRemitz
:A Sealing Designation Enforcer.
;Bram Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri
:One of the First-class Instructors and the successor of the head of the Department of Spiritual Evocation.
;Chris
:The branch manager of the Clock Tower's Singapore Branch.
;Cornelius Alba
:Next director in line of the Sponheim Abbey. Formerly a Sealing Designation Enforcer.
;Craig
:Professor at the Department of General Fundamentals.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 4: case. Mystic Eyes collection train (Upper) - Chapter 3 Part 3
;Cryer
:A clerk in the Clock Tower.
;Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia
:A Second-class Lecturer. Later defected the Mage's Association and created the Yggdmillennia clan.
;Daybit Sem Void's father
:An Instructor in the Department of Lore.
;Feend vor Sembren
:A First-class Instructor of the Clock Tower and a Master of the Red faction team in the Great Holy Grail War.
;Fezgram vor Sembren
:Professor by time of the True and False Holy Grail Wars. Son of Feend, student of Lord El-Melloi II and one of the Masters of True Rider.
;Forte
:A Sealing Designation Enforcer.
;Goredolf Musik
:A member of the Department of Policies.
;Hishiri Adashino
:A member of the Department of Policies and current General Manager of the Ouroboros Organization.
;Kirschtaria Wodime
:Chairman of the Department of Astromancy.
;Mr Flauros
:He was the director of a small research building in the Department of Archaeology (Rocks Road).
;Millieune Carillon
:Head of the Carillon Observatory and Giver of All Sealing Designations.
;Mrs. Norwich
:Lev's caretaker and secretary.
;Shardan
:A veteran Second-class Professor. Formerly retired until Waver Velvet convinced him to join the El-Melloi Classroom.
;Sir Dinburg
:A Magus of great renown and Lecturer of the Department of General Fundamentals. Acted as a Guest Lecturer for the El-Melloi Classroom.
;Tika Meluastea Tlemac
:Karmaglyph's assistant.
;Wills Pelham Codrington
:Instructor for the Department of Spiritual Evocation. Later crossed through a portal to the fairy realm.
==Related Terms==
*Rank
*Color Rank
*New Age
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