Academy of Adventure

The Academy of Adventure is a high school-level educational institution founded by the Hunter Association as a direct response to PORT's Wards program. Children older than the age of 13 are accepted into the academy based on a Preliminary Hunter Exam or by recommendation from licensed Hunters who hold at least one star of merit.

## Location

The Academy of Adventure is located at 601 Pico Boulevard, Duckberg, CA 90405.

Its campus was repurposed from the former campus of Duckberg High, after its entire student body and staff were killed by the Wave Titan.

## Origins

The Academy of Adventure was founded by former Huntsmaster Cheadle Yorkshire in 2023 after returning from her second expedition into Liminal Space and the Dark Continent. Publicly, she claimed that the academy was intended as a youth outreach program to train potential Hunters from a young age similar to what the Protectorate's Wards does for young potential superheroes. This explanation was generally accepted, seeing as the sudden apperance of Titans around the same time meant that the Hunter Association needed more manpower than ever before.

## Curriculum

The Academy of Adventure teaches several "basic" courses that all schools do, such as science, math, history, and literature. However, the academy also offers "Hunter-exclusive" courses that study the traditions of Hunters, supernatural concepts, and Nen usage. Students are offered six to eight courses per year, for four total years of study.

## Policies

Students of the Academy of Adventure are referred to as "Junior Hunters" as opposed to "Pro Hunters," and are given provisional Hunter Licenses that do not grant as much freedom as normal licenses, but still allow their holders to access Hunter-only spaces and resources, though sometimes this access requires supervision from Pro Hunters.

Within the academy, students are given different colored badges based on their Nen affinity type. School counselors and certain recreational and extracurricular spaces are assigned based on Nen affinity.

* Enhancers are given green badges.
* Emitters are given yellow badges.
* Manipulators are given silver badges.
* Transmuters are given violet badges.
* Conjurers are given red badges.
* Specialists are given blue badges.

During their final year, many Junior Hunters are required to participate in a "graduation trial" in an explored region of Liminal Space under the guidance of the academy's headmaster. This event is mostly intended to expose students to Liminal Space and prepare them for interactions with truly otherworldly beings in a practical manner.

## Relationships

### With the FBC/PORT

The Academy of Adventure has a shadow-ban against young PUTs from applying for the Preliminary Hunter Exam, as part of an agreement with PORT to prevent the Hunter Association from siphoning potential Protectorate superheroes.

The only known exception to this is Webby Vanderquack, who operated as a Ward for 4 years since the age of 10, before she transferred to the Academy of Adventure at the request of Scrooge McDuck. Though an official explanation was never given, this exception was most likely made because Webby's powers have an entirely unknown source that is not recognizable as Nen or an Exceed Skill, giving neither the FBC nor the Hunter Association inherent authority over her.

### With the Absolvers

The Academy of Adventure occasionally comes into conflict with the Absolvers, since the final year graduation trial for Junior Hunters (and the goals of the Hunter Association in general) directly oppose the Absolvers' goals of protecting Liminal Space and reality from one another.