At the heart of your experience in Mossport is Witchbrook College, an ancient and prestigious institution dedicated to the magical arts. Progressing through your academic years requires more than just showing up to lectures; you must actively engage with assignments, research lore in the college library, and prove your competency in formal grade examinations.
Here is the complete guide to mastering the Witchbrook academic curriculum and advancing from an eager apprentice to an esteemed graduate.
The Witchbrook College Curriculum
Witchbrook College organizes its syllabus into core magical disciplines that develop practical skills used in everyday life, business, and wilderness exploration.
1. Herbology & Botanical Lore
Taught in the conservatory gardens, Herbology covers the identification, cultivation, and harvesting of magical plants. You will learn soil requirements, seasonal growth cycles, and how to encourage wild blooms.
2. Tea-Making & Infusion Craft
A foundational course that bridges gastronomy and enchantments. Students learn to blend calming camomile blends, invigorating mint tonics, and restorative tisanes that boost wellbeing and cure minor ailments for townsfolk.
3. Salves, Tinctures & Incense
Focuses on topical magical medicine and atmospheric charms. You will produce soothing balms for tired dockworkers, protective scented incense sticks, and insect-repellent ointments.
4. Advanced Potion Brewing
Conducted in the college cauldron chambers. Potion Brewing requires precise heating cycles, rare reagents, and stir techniques to produce potent elixirs, including speed tonics, luck draughts, and night-vision concoctions.
5. Astrological Divination & Arcane Rituals
High-level disciplines reserved for upperclassmen. Learn to read the celestial bodies across the night sky, forecast upcoming weather phenomena, and participate in mystical coven rituals in the Arcane Arts chamber.
| Academic Year | Primary Subjects | Exam Milestone | Spell Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Year | Herbology, Tea-Making, Incense | Fundamentals of Natural Magic | Telekinesis & Basic Guidance |
| Second Year | Salves, Intermediate Potions, Anatomy | Applied Remedies & Diagnosis | Broom Flight License |
| Third Year | Advanced Potions, Cauldron Mastery | Arcane Alchemy & Reagents | Weather Reading & Flora Surge |
| Senior Year | Celestial Divination, Arcane Rituals | Comprehensive Witch Evaluation | Mastery Ward & Coven Harmony |
Completing Assignments & Earning Merits
Throughout each week, the college bulletin board posts assignment notices submitted by both professors and Mossport locals. An assignment might describe a fisherman suffering from chronic sea chills or a shopkeeper needing an enchanted pest deterrent.
- Diagnosis: Visit the College Library to look up symptoms in medical grimoires.
- Reagent Gathering: Forage wild herbs in Shadhollow Forest or harvest crops from your cottage planters.
- Synthesis: Craft the required item using your laboratory station.
- Fulfillment: Deliver the remedy directly to the recipient to earn College Merits.
Pro Tip: Merits are the official currency of Witchbrook College. You must maintain a baseline merit total to register for upcoming grade exams. Any surplus merits can be spent at the College Store on exclusive decorative dorm items and rare seed packets.
Aceing Your Grade Advancement Exams
Grade exams are comprehensive evaluations administered at the end of each academic cycle. Each exam tests your accumulated entries within specific categories of your Knowledge Collection.
For instance, the Magical Medicine Exam will quiz you on the optimal steeping temperatures of Herbal Teas, the key ingredients in Healing Salves, and the growth times of medicinal flora.
If your knowledge entry for an ingredient is only partial (e.g., you have foraged it once but never cultivated it), your exam grade will suffer. To ensure top marks:
- Review your Knowledge Collection before exam week.
- Borrow missing reference books from the College Library stacks.
- Attend evening coven study sessions where covenmates test you with practice questions.
Passing your exams grants you promotion to the next school year, unlocks new areas of Mossport, and earns you a private one-on-one spell tutorial with Professor Carlyle.
