Luna Nova Magical Academy (Witches of Midgard-verse)

**DISCLAIMER: This article is partly based on canon works. For the canonical information, see here.**

**Luna Nova Magical Academy**, also known as **Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy**, or simply called either **Luna Nova** or **Luna Nova Academy**, is the most prestigious witch academy in all of Europe and one of important landmarks of Midgard. The school is featured in *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard*

## Description & Characteristics

The Luna Nova Magical Academy is a renowned school dedicated to teaching young witches the art of magic. Initially, only witches from magical families were admitted, but due to economic difficulties and later, the restoration of Yggdrasil thanks to the efforts of New Nine Witches, it was decided to also allow the entrance to witches without magical inheritance. The students are divided into teams of three, giving each team the same room along with a hatband and sash of the same color for their uniform. These groups subsequently work together in the group lessons. Since the use of magic today is required for national qualifications, Luna Nova has various specialized subjects to acquire said qualifications, and after graduation, it offers various jobs that can use magic.

Luna Nova Academy's history in *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard* is same with the canon series: It was founded in the 5th century by the great Nine Olde Witches and has a history of about 1600 years. The school has faced trials and tribulations over the course of those years, from being forced to close due to persecution resulted from Witch Hunts to magic energy crisis caused by the decay of magic across Midgard which resulted the school suffering economic difficulties. Fortunately, Luna Nova Academy, along with witches and the rest of people of magical world, were saved from obsolence thanks to the joint effort of Atsuko Kagari and her fellow New Nine Witches who harnessed the power of Grand Triskellion which, combined with humanity's believing hearts united to support the witches' success that became a new Yggdrasil, restoring the Cosmic Tree's infinite magic to the world and in greater extent, the whole Nine Realms.

The academy is located above a Ley Line argued by Alfred Watkins, called the St. Michael's Ley Line, and the school has its own Ley Line Terminal that facilitates the entrance and exit of the school through the Ley Line to the town of Glastonbury. The campus consists of the main hall, which is a large castle located next to the New Moon Tower, where the Sorcerer's Stone is located, which absorbs the magical energy of the Ley Line and allows students and teachers to use their magic freely. Under the tower is a deep labyrinth where treasures and monsters are stored and under its chapel is the entrance to the Blue Moon Abyss. Originally, real monsters were let roaming around the labyrinth until they were replaced by golem duplicates due to the practice of using actual monsters deemed too barbaric. The outskirts of Luna Nova are surrounded by the Arcturus Forest and mountains.

In addition to dormitories and classrooms, the campus features sands for sports and flying broom practices, a clock tower, a large lake, a botanical garden, a courtyard, a library, a cafeteria, an auditorium, an observation tower, an aviary and a pet graveyard. There is also the entrance to the Fountain of Polaris, inside the north building. The Luna Nova's Reference Archives are in an external section and a special permit is required for access.

Following Naglfar's first attack on the school, Luna Nova now currently under protection of Sword of Laeradr who fortified the school's surroundings with wall of thorns and even built a secret base beneath the forest near the school. A guard post also built near the Ley Line terminal to prevent the enemies from exploiting it to ambush the school along with underground shelter at which the students and faculty can evacuate into in times of enemy attack and other incidents.

### Curriculum and Teachers

The academy is run by the Headmistress Holbrooke, while the faculty is composed of many teachers, each dedicated to a specific subjects. Regular teachers only takes care of a single subject of their specialty field, while more experienced senior teachers tend to impart multiple subjects. Special classes are held to test students' learning, given by any teacher.

The course in the academy is composed of three years of three semesters each, in each one the students must attend a series of obligatory subjects and optional subjects. Normally, students need to take 7 subjects per year, 5 obligatory and 2 optional, but students who took and pass 10 subjects in total of 5 obligatory and 5 optional, can obtain scolarships and become special students. The evaluation method consists of theoretical and practical exams, being evaluated by notes ranging from A+ to the highest to D- as the lowest.

* **History of Magic**: History of Magic is dedicated to teaching about the origin and basic foundations of magic, seeking students to learn about the theoretical basis of the use of magic as well as important events in the history of witches.
* **Magic Linguistics**:Magic Linguistics is the study of languages and writing systems used in magic, such as ancient runes and alphabets used by ancestral witches. The professor of this class is Anne Finnelan.
* **Fundamentals of Magic Pharmaceutics**: This subject is applied to teaching about the preparation of potions, from how and what ingredients to use until the fundamental mechanisms for their preparation. The professor of this class is Lukić.
* **Magic Numerology**: Magic Numerology is the study of the hidden meaning of numbers as a form of understand the foundations of sorcery and divination. The professor of this class is Samantha Badcock.
* **Magic Astronomy**: Magic Astronomy is dedicated to teach the divination of fortune through the observation of the stars. The professor of this class is Ursula Callistis.
* **Broom Flying**: This class applies to instruction on how to fly magic brooms, which is fundamental to a witch. The professor of this class is Nelson.
* **Magic Law**: This class applies to imparting the instituzionalized laws and norms that every witch must obey, mainly with respect to the prohibited uses of magic. The professor of this class is also Lukić.
* **Bird Language**: This is a subject applied to the understanding of the language of birds, mainly crows and owls, which are the most common familiars of witches.
* **Basic White Magic**: Basic White Magic is the subject dedicated to teaching the basic use of white magic for different purposes, such as repairing objects.
* **Culinary Magic**: A subject dediced to taught the use of magic for culinary purposes. The professor of this class is also Badcock.
* **Fundamental Alchemy**: This is a subject applied to the use of magic to transform matter into useful things.
* **Magic Philosophy**: Magic Philosophy is an elective subject which is dedicated to the study of witch ontology (the existential nature of witches) and the theory of magical ethics, where it is taught that magic should be used for purely altruistic purposes. The class taught by the goldfish Professor Pisces, so it can only be taken by students with advanced knowledge of Magic Linguistics.
* **Modern Magic**: Following the departure of the professor of this class, Croix Meridies, this subject presumably suspended.

### School Life

Any witch from 13 to 16 years old is eligible to enter the academy. After receiving a letter of acceptance and a guide to the academy, students must present themselves at the entrance ceremony in a timely manner.

The course in the academy begins in May ending in July the first semester. After the summer holidays in August, the second semester starts in September and ends in the holidays in December. The third semester takes place in January, being in February the final exams. The course finishes in March, taking place in April the spring break, lasted two weeks between the end of March and April. Two half-term breaks are given at the end of the second month of the first two semesters and one at the end of the first month of the third.

Classes start at 8:00 a.m., students have half an hour to prepare and one hour for breakfast. Morning classes last up to 70 minutes per subject, taking 4 to 5 subjects per day. The students have a break for lunch at noon, resuming classes at 1:30 p.m. The afternoon classes last up to 8 periods. Students with extracurricular activities or clubs attend them from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and study time at 7:30 p.m. The students must be asleep at 22:00 p.m.

### Uniform

Students in the academy wear two types of uniforms:

* **Standard Uniform**: The uniform used in regular classes consists of a white long-sleeved shirt, a navy blue vest, a tie of the same color and a skirt. It also has a ribbon sash situated at the waist where the students carry their magic wands.
* **Practice Uniform**: In practical classes and school functions, students wear a uniform consisting of a long navy blue hooded tunic, a pointed hat, a body belt, stockings and long boots. Each student wears boots, a body belt and a hatband of different color according to the group of three they belongs. When they are out of school, students wear a buttoned jacket covered with a cape.

The teachers' uniform on the other hand, consisted in a dark violet hooded dress reaching to her knees with long wide sleeves, a red flame-like design in the bottom, a brown belt, knee boots with a deep dip and red tips and a dark purple witch hat with a a golden crescent-shaped object and decorated with feathers hose quantity varies according to the rank that has said professor (the headmaster has three, senior teachers have two and the rest have one).

### Magical Creatures

Several magical creatures reside at Luna Nova. Many are collectively referred to as **Faeries** (and Lotte can communicate with them), and they perform all of the non-teaching work at the school, such as the kitchen, cleaning and technical maintenance. They require a magical energy sustenance to even move, so they are given 10% of the energy of the Sorcerer's Stone which eventually led the magical creatures to go on strike for a fairer share of energy until they finally reached an agreement. In the recent events, Sword of Laeradr members comprised of Pomokai Holoholonas began patrolling the school to help protecting it from enemy attack.

These magical creatures include:

* Cyclops
* Trolls
* Minotaur
* Goblins
* Sapient rabbit-like creatures
* Flame Fairy

Other magical creatures that live at the school:

* Arcas, a magical polar bear guarding the Fountain of Polaris
* Various witch familiars
* Spirits
* Lottery Fairies
* Widsom Fairies
* Pomokai Holoholonas (began patrolling the school to help protecting it from enemy attack).

Professor Pisces, as a sapient goldfish, is also a sort of magical creature.

### Rules

Luna Nova has many rules that students must obey to the letter. Breaking the rules entails a punishment or, failing that, expulsion.

* Abstain from any activity that would ill befit the pride of a Luna Nova student.
* Do not use magic outside the school.
* Do not leave campus without permission.
* Do not steal.
* Do not perform dangerous experiments in the dorms.
* Do not eat during classes or exams.
* Do not violate regulation of use of high-tech devices at the academy.
* Do not enter any of the locations of Luna Nova that are off limits.

### Sublocations

* The New Moon Tower
* Dormitory
* Luna Nova Library
* Cafeteria
* Courtyard
* The botanical garden, conservatory of the Jennifer Memorial Tree
* The auditorium
* The laboratory
* The Sport Field
* The northern campus
* The Ley Line Terminal
* The observatory
* Luna Nova Archives
* Ursula's room
* The chapel
* Nine Witches's hall, Headmistress's office
* Student guidance room
* Troll's bathroom
* The kitchen
* Sword of Laeradr Outpost

## Notes and Trivia

* Luna Nova's students are all female.
* In Latin, *Luna Nova* translates to "New Moon", the first phase of the moon.
* For the fanfic series, the school will adapt some elements from both anime series and Teri Terio manga, which evident from regulations of hi-tech use in the school that established from the latter.