Superhero (and villain) Academies of the Romverse
Hero Schools:
#1-Claremont Academy (Freedom City, Maryland, USA): Private school for supers, founded by Duncan Summers (formerly Blackwing II), to find new Supers (and would-be Supers) and train them to be responsible superheroes. Although among mundanes it is only known as a very exclusive private school, it is well known among the Superhero community as the premiere facility for training the next generation of Heroes.
#2- Tomorrow Academy (Freehold, Massachussets, USA – located in Mass Castle): Current incarnation of the Tomorrow Society, a group dedicated to protecting Paranormals (specifically, those with the Metagene), from Mundane oppression, and vice-versa.
#3- Patriots Academy (New Hope, Utah, USA): School established by the Patriots to find and train a new generation of Supers. Criticized for having direct ties to the Patriots super-team, and being sponsored by AEGIS.
#4- Eiyu No Academy (Academy of Heroes) (Kiryoku, Japan): Established in the late 70s, this strict academy caters to distinctly japanese-style heroes. Most students are Shivan Shard Focusers (As seen in Mecha and Manga supplemement; will expand on this in future updates). Includes curriculums in Magical Girl posing, Mecha piloting, Sentai team tactics and super-pet care.
#5- Shule Ya Mabingwa Wa Kesho (The school for Champions of Tomorrow) (Dakana, Africa): School established by the King of Dakana, with the support of the rest of the African Union. The goal of the school is to create a new generation of heroes for the continent of Africa, and to create peaceful relations across multiple African nations.
#6- The New Camelot School of Bravery (United Kingdom): Sponsored by the New Round Table, this school takes in students from all over the U.K. To train them into the new generation of UK Heroes, with the valedictorians of each graduation being automatically offered knighthood and membership in the New Round Table, the U.K.
#7- Le College Heroique (The Heroic College) (France): The original Heroic College of France was founded in the Napoleonic age, but was disbanded during the Nazi Occupation. General DeGaulle had it reopened in the 1960s, and it has since taken in students from not just France, but also from most countries in Mainland Europe. The school is notable for it's very large proportion of unpowered “Super-Normal” student heroes.
#8- Supergorod Odnim (Supercity One) (Russia; classified location): originally founded during the Stalin era, Supercity One is a massive city-sized facility that was built to create superbeings for the Soviet Union. It shifted towards recruiting and educating new generations of Supers to serve and protect the people of Russia. (Rumors that many of those Supers were engineered via super-secret breeding and cloning programs are unconfirmed)
#9- The Shambala Temple (Shambala Vale, the Himalayas): This monestary, located deep within the hidden Shambala Vale, is difficult to earn admission to. But it is said to be the “sun source” of all unarmed fighting techniques, with techniques allegedly dating back to Ancient Atlantis. The Temple also teaches mysticism and arcane sciences, albeit focused on Asian traditions.
#10- The Kanto High Academy (Hidden Land of Kanto): having existed for as long as the civilization of the Pokemorphs themselves, it is here that all young Pokemorphs learn how to control and hone their powers; it is also where they learn how to battle.
#11- The St-Leo Institute of Innsmouth: under the guise of a prestigious Elite Coast prep school, it is actually a Wizarding school run by the organization known as the Covenant, to train a new generation of supernatural heroes. Leonine students focus on occult training, magical powers, holy gifts and learning how to fight monsters and demons. The school has support from more benevolent members of The Cabal, as well as the sponsorship of the Catholic Church's own Order of St-Leo.
Villain Schools:
#1- The Shadow Academy (Undisclosed location underneath a private academy): Supervillain school sponsored by SHADOW to create a new generation of Supervillains to do their bidding. The most prominent of the Supervillain schools, with a wide range of power types among the student body, and actively antagonizes Claremont and other hero schools.
#2- The Scholomance (near an unnamed lake in Transylvania): School of Necromancy and Demonology sponsored by Demon lords, it maintains working ties with Occult supervillains and organizations, yet remains fiercely independent, through the enforcement of its mysterious Headmistress,
#3- PSI Academy (Hidden in the Colorado Rockies): Recently founded by Professor Psion after assuming control of PSI; actively seeks out Paranormal children with powers of a Psychic nature to make into new students, willingly or not. Psion believes that Psychic powers are the natural evolutionary path of Anthrokind, and his students are often deeply indoctrinated into such beliefs.
#4- The Orphanage (Location unknown): A working school for assassins, founded by the Murder League. They do favor children with paranormal potential, but also have a fair share of students relying only on pure skill. The Orphans are rather infamous, already operating as professional assassins despite still being in training by the standards of the Murder League.
#5- Dr Calamitous’ Polymath Preparatory Institute for the Extraordinarily Gifted (Believed to be housed in a multiple number of hidden facilities around the world, some on other planets, due to frequent science-related disasters): Founded as a haven for those with “Science-Related Memetic Disorder”, but not to treat their conditions or teach them how to channel their impulses in a controlled fashion. Instead, students and faculty are fully encouraged to pursue their “Muses” as they see fit, and are provided with whatever they require, no matter how unethical.
#6- Team Rocket Academy (Hidden underground Facility): Founded by the original leaders of Team Rocket, now run by MyuTwo, this school recruits new Pokemorphs from across the world (willingly or otherwise), to train them in the use of their powers and combat skills, but also indoctrinating them in the Pokemorph-Supremacist doctrine of Team Rocket.
#7- The Nimba Dojo (Hidden Temple in Manchuria): Founded by the Nimba Cult, a society of deadly martial arts-wielding assassins. The Nimba cult believes in Enlightenment through Conflict, and as such seeks suitable new students to turn into deadly fighting machines. Paranormal students are accepted, but learn to use their powers to supplement their fighting skills, not replace them.
#8- The Santa Muerte Institute of the the Deadly Arts (Location Classified): Hidden underneath a very prestigious Private School, this school’s students are trained in the fine arts of criminal planning and terrorism, learning such skills as blackmail, extortion and murder, as well as more conventional business-related classes.
