Nevermore Academy

***Nevermore Academy*** (formerly known as "***Nevermore High***") is a school for monsters on the island of Feardora. It is the main setting of ***Nevermore***.

## History

The school was built atop a wellspring of magical power, which could only be accessed through the catacomb labyrinth. Various entrances to this labyrinth exist throughout the school grounds, each corresponding to the different species of monsters comprising the monster council: vampire, frankenmonster, gorgon, mummy, werebeast, and sea monster. At the center of the labyrinth was a portal to another dimension, which could only be opened using the talismans of the council.

To keep humans away from the school to protect monsterkind, a magical barrier called the Shadow of Secrecy surrounds the school grounds.

Parents of the school's students can join the Monster Parent Association, which facilitates parental participation in school.

### Staff

* Mrs. Rainbows
* Headmistress Gravestone

## Locations

### Indoors

#### Classrooms

* Art
* Boo-ology
* Clawstronomy
* Dead Languages
* Drama/Theater
* Hauntonomics
* Hissstory
* Mad Science Lab
	+ Supply closet
* Phys-ick 101
* Puzzleology
* Study Howl
* Trickonometry

#### Hallways

The Hallways lead to all locations inside of Nevermore Academy.

#### Creepateria

The school cafeteria. It is connected to a kitchen.

#### Headmistress Office

The office of Headmistress Gravestone. Behind the giant portrait of Gravestone, behind her desk, is a passageway to the catacombs.

### Outdoors

#### Coffin Bean

The Coffin Bean is the hottest haunted spot outside of Nevermore; where students come to after school, whether they want to hit the biteology books, chit chat while playing with monster pets, or enjoy scaretastically scrumptious snacks.

It is an outdoor vendor set-up on school grounds. Its logo is a steaming pink skull-shaped teacup on a pink plate. Students ordering from the Coffin Bean must present a photo ID of themselves to Renwick (either with their phones or their student ID card), which is scanned by a skull on the countertop for payment from their personal account. Renwick may decline orders if she does not think the photo matches the person ordering.

##### Coffin Bean Menu

* Drinks
	+ Iced Sarcoffee-gus: An iced coffee. It costs $4.99.
	+ Meow-tcha Latte
	+ Zappuccino: A beverage charged with electricity that shocks those who hold or drink it. It can be intense for those who have not tried it before, and is considered an acquired taste.

#### Garden

The school garden. The werewolf statue entrance to the catacomb labyrinth is located here.

#### Casketball Court

The court where students can play casketball.

#### School Casketball Team

* Solana Burns
* Clawvin Moonford
* Moanica Graves
* Skipper Watterson
* Freddie Stein

The school casketball team hosts an annual bake sale fundraiser that is also competitive. Whoever earns the most money from selling their product wins a trophy.

## The Catacombs

The catacombs are a network of caves readily accessible to students through various entrances located throughout the school.

In the past, Dr. Blunder attempted to create a frankenmonster that would fiercely defend the school, but ended up creating a harmless winged dog instead. Considering this a failure, she put the dog into stasis and kept it hidden in a room in which she also performed other work within the catacombs.

They briefly underwent renovations, during which it was closed to public use. When Frankie, Draculaura, and Clawdeen went inside anyway to cure Frankie of their supposed curse, they discovered Blunder's creation and named it Watzie.

Entrances to the catacombs in the school include:

* A bookshelf in a hallway
* A cupboard
* The giant portrait of Headmistress Bloodgood in her office
* A vending machine in a hallway

### Catacomb Labyrinth

An intricate maze under the school leading to a portal and a wellspring of power. Entrances to the labyrinth are located throughout the school grounds, but were eventually sealed off. Each corresponds to the species of a member of the monster council:

* Vampire: Unknown (castle or tower)
* Frankenmonster: Unknown (graveyard)
* Gorgon: Unknown (tree)
* Mummy: Unknown (pyramids)
* Werewolf: Werewolf statue in the garden, opened by Clawdina Moonford's medallion inherited from her mother Selena.
* Sea Monster: Unknown (rocks)

The portal in the labyrinth can be opened with a single talisman, but doing so would be dangerous; the portal can only be opened *safely* during a blood moon eclipse when all members of the council and their respective talismans are present.

At some point after the disappearance of Selena, the first volume of *An Architectural History of Nevermore Academy* (which detailed the history of the school as its founders originally intended) was taken out of print for a decade prior to the events of the series.

## Dorms

Nevermore is a boarding school that students live in, within dorms. Some dorms can accommodate at least three students each, but not every dorm will be filled to capacity by the start of the year. Some dorms are specially designed for their inhabitants' needs, such as sea monsters like Skipper (who is the only person in his dorm) having half of his room consist of a tank filled with water for her to swim in.

### Clawdina, Draedon and Freddy's Dorm Room

This is the dorm room shared between Clawdina Moonford, Draedon Shadefield and Freddie Stein. It consists of three areas for the monsters, each is customized to match its owner's monster kind. Close to the window, there is a lilac sofa, a table, a chart with some notes and it has some stars shaped lights. The room also has a black shelf, some posters and picture frames on the halls and a skull-shaped carpet on the floor.

Clawdina's area of the room has a bed with its structure shaped like a wolf and tree branches, the bed has lilac bedding and a paw-like pillow. Close to Clawdeen's bed, there's a black bedside table with a purple wolf-shaped lampshade and close to the bed's other side, a chair with magenta pillow and crescent moon-shaped structure.

Draedon's area of the room has a bed with its structure shaped like bats and hearts , pink bedding and pillows with spider webs printed on them. Next to the bed's right side, there's a black and pink desk with a black and pink chair; on the bed's left side, there's a black and pink closet.

Freddie's area of the room has a bed with its structure resembling the machine that brings a frankenmonster to life, with blue and pink bedding and eye-shaped and a lighting-shaped pillows. On the other wall, there a lighting-customized desk with a swivel chair. Next to it, a lighting-customized closet.

### Skipper's Dorm Room

This is the room where Skipper Watterson lives. It consists of an aquarium with a vanity and a bed, and on the walls, holes leading to the Plumbing pipes, multiple rocks, two beach chairs, seashell and star themed fairy lights, multiple sculptures of seahorses, seashells and octopus and a lot of plants.

## Schedule

Like typical human high schools, classes are held during weekdays and are not held on weekends. As a boarding school, students live on school grounds for a majority of the semester. At least every two weeks or so, students are permitted to return home for a weekend.

### Special Events

* **Casketball Bake Sale Fundraiser**: An annual event that is also competitive. Whoever earns the most money from selling their product wins a trophy.
* **Film Festival**: An event in which students can create films and submit them for viewing and judging.
* **Ghoul Spirit Day**:
* **Howl of Fame**: An event in which students can create a presentation detailing the lives of a famous monster.
* **Midterms**: Exams students take in the middle of an academic year.
* **Monster Ball**: A dance held at the school.
* **Monster Mash**: A gala held on Feardora.
* **Nevermore Dance-Off**: An annual dance competition held in the clawditorium, for which students participate in pairs designated by the event organizer. Students are required to participate for their grades and are given 24 hours from their invitation to choreograph a dance.
* **Nightmore**: The longest night of the year that monsters celebrate friendship on. The school recognizes this holiday and permits students to leave to celebrate.
* **Picture Day**: A day where students are scheduled throughout the day to have their fearbook and student ID photographs taken. These photos are taken with a special monster camera that can capture the subject's true inner essence.
* **Scareer Day**:
* **School Plays**: The school hosts theatrical performances held in the clawditorium.

## Trivia

* The talisman symbols representing the monster council used to open the portal in the catacomb labyrinth are all featured on Gadget the Dog's collar.