Hawthorne Institute was founded in 1409 by Ayra Raven, Jayden Raven, and Gareth Braddock as a school for royalty. This was a time of chaos in Atemnity, where the Kingdom’s (only five at this point) were fighting about borders, alliances, and just how to run a Kingdom. Hawthorne Institute started as a place to standardize being a royal. People could not be a royalty member or even lead a kingdom without going to Hawthorne. This was one of the first schools in Atemnity to train royals and, very fortunately, Hawthorne has not changed its location since its founding.

In the late 17th century, magic became an issue. Atemnity has always been a nation filled with magic, but it was out of control during this time period. Heroes, villains, and people in general started utilizing their ever-growing magic for horrible reasons. Villains hurt people, killed people, and heroes tried to solve the mess, but in actuality made the situation worse. Hawthorne decided they wanted to extend the school, so there could be a safe place for people to practice their magic. Headmistress Dort did not care if those who practiced or were born with magic were good or bad; she just wanted to make sure that the school could help the massive killings and executions by the public.

Soon after, the school was quickly getting out of hand. The good people and the bad people were always fighting; the royals tried to use their communication skills but the school was soon very divided. Headmaster Holden-Lee decided that they would make a neutral track.

Hawthorne realized, many decades later, that some heroes were not all “good” and some villains were not completely “evil” or even “bad guys”. Headmistress Spies changed all of the Track names so that people could either train to be a Hero, Villain, Guardian, or Royal. She believed that these were better names than “good” or “bad” because some people would be rejected from the school based on their family background, if they practiced magic, or even where they were from.

About fifty years ago, Headmistress Sanchez changed the name of “Hawthorne Institute” to “Hawthorne Institute of Legends”, trying to bring school pride, along with encouraging students to believe in themselves.

And the rest is history.