Defensive Arts

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**Defensive Arts** is a subject taught at Superhero School. In this class students learn how to defend themselves against Dark Creatures, the Darkness, and other dark powers. Offensive mutantry is also taught in this class, such as how to duel, which requires the use of both offensive and defensive powers. The subject is core class at Superhero School. The Defensive Arts teacher is also responsible for dealing with any Darkness-related activities that threaten the school and its residents, as Ramona Winston was assigned to staunch the deadly Telekinetic Repulse that afflicted Harper Younkin. Dante Rolf and Bethany Donner are two known students who failed their C.A.T.s in Defensive Arts.

## Class information

"*This means that your defenses must be as flexible and inventive as the powers you mean to undo.*"
―Miss Winston discussing defense during a 2062 lesson[src]
Defensive Arts is a required subject from first year to seventh year. The curriculum of the class varies greatly depending on what the teacher at the time deems appropriate.

The lessons generally have a practical approach, with many people believing that when it comes to the Darkness a practical approach is the best way, with theoretical assignments given as homework.

In the seventh year Certified Aspiration Test examinations are taken; as such, students are spent learning new topics and possibly revisiting the past four years of lessons (depending on the teacher). As part of their Defensive Arts C.A.T., students must sit a written exam one of the questions asks to describe the five signs of the presence of Dark mutation and after students must complete a practical exam of; counterattacks and defensive powers.

To advance to the M.E.M.E. class a student must first achieve a high C.A.T. score of either ‘5’ or ‘4’; teachers typically set the bar at ‘4’.

Also, due to the course being directly related to the Darkness itself, dark mutants who wish to teach would typically apply for this course, notably being Jamboga the Unholy and Ramona Meyer.

## Location and curriculum

Defensive Arts classes take place on the first-floor, Room 106. In this room, a Jaror’s head hung from the ceiling. On one end of the classroom stands a projector. Several desks and tables can be found in the classroom as well as some sets of large windows.

The curriculum of Defensive Arts is the most consistent of all the classes, as teachers are required to follow a balanced belief in theory and practical defense, though teachers (or at least teaching assistants) like Ramona Meyer already believe in these methods. At the height of the NoHead Empire, the class was changed to Darkness.

## History

"*Defensive Arts [...] was being taught at the time by an old teacher by the name of Trey Mortemore, who had been teaching at Superhero School for nearly fifty years.*"
―Superquack on his Defensive Arts teacher[src]
Nothing is known of Trey Mortemore's past, although it is likely that she attended Superhero School and would have purchased her sword from Ian Thames in Merchant Alley at the age of seven. She would have graduated at the age of eighteen and it is likely that she had good **Defensive Arts** marks — almost definitely a M.E.M.E. in the field.

Having authored a book on the subject, titled *Contesting the Unseen*, which, decades later, required reading when Darsenus Levine was teaching the subject in the 1990s) at an unknown point and time, Mortemore returned to Superhero School sometime around 1886 and became the teacher of Defensive Arts, taking ownership of Room 106 and an office on the sixth floor. One of her pupils was a young humanoid named Superquack, whom she aided in becoming an excellent duelist. Other students she taught included Super Whisk Man, Saunders, Jamboga Pine, and Phylange. The Principal during her early years was presumably Michael Fireball, although she also went on to work under Professor Supermaul.

Many years later, when Supermaul was Principal, Mortemore became the teacher of a brilliant student named Jamboga Pine. His fellow colleagues, and possibly Mortemore himself, had been impressed by Pine's skills and determination, and taught him all they knew. In the late seventies, Trey Mortemore decided to retire and depart from the school. Kirby Gilbert almost immediately took over the post and taught students such as Jesse O'Hara, but Darsenus Levine was in charge from the 1990s until the Blackwing Operation in 2004, at which point he stepped down so that Erida took his place. He convoluted the subject deliberately. Ramona Meyer helped teach the post in the years following the Brightening.

## Known schoolteachers

Trey Mortemore (1886-1970s)Kirby Gilbert (1980s)Darsenus Levine (1990s-2004)Erida.jpgErida (2005-2017) (taught "Darkness")Ramona Winston (2030s)Ramona.jpgRamona Meyer (2057-61)Unidentified (2062-?)
## Textbooks

* *Dark Forces and How to Keep Them at Bay* by Vince Havard
* *Defensive Mutant Theory* by Leo Nicholson
* *The Alternatives of War*
* *Confronting the Unseen* by Trey Mortemore

## Appearances

* D.I.T. Literary Universe
* *Mysticism Deluxe*

## References

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