Penderghast College of Elemental Magicks

Penderghast College of Elemental Magicks is the primary setting of The Elementalists series.

Background
It is first accessed by Your Character when they went through the bathroom mirror in your suite at Hartfeld University. Your Character, upon his/her arrival at the college calls the view a picturesque collection of cozy looking buildings with steeped roofs, a manicure lawn, and an ostentatious statue out front. The carved marble figure is revealed by Griffin in Book 1, Chapter 1 to be a security system, which is set to vaporize any attuneless intruders. The aforementioned marble figure moves around as it appears to be monitoring everyone that is coming and going from the college. Zephyr tells Your Character that classes officially start after the freshmen have been placed and the class schedule is then handed out after the Attunement Placement exam. The sport they play is called Thief, for which Griffin, a sophomore is known as a thief champion. The college's mascot is mentioned to be the Dryxmars. However, Beckett reveals to your character in Book 1, Chapter 4 that until 1916, the university's mascot was the ouroboros, a snake-like creature eating its own tail. But in the aforementioned year Dean Greygarden Waithe changed it to the Dryxmars, who is more elephant like to give it a bit more color.

The Dryxmars Thief team according to Griffin in Book 1, chapter 5 is second to none. It is also a three time league champion; the most recent win being the year before when he was a freshman. He also revealed to Your Character while trying to recruit him/her into the Thief team that familiars can be used in matches. In addition, he went onto explain that thief is a way more fun version of capture the flag because the stadium shift from one version to another. So in a rainforest version for example, Earth and Wood att would have the advantage, but metal atts would be at a disadvantage.

In Book 1, Chapter 7, Beckett tells Your Character that the college has been around for over three centuries. Then in Book 1, Chapter 11, Atlas tells Your Character that the college uses sentries, which act like Attuneless video cameras. Griffin even remarks in the same chapter how the sentries see everything that goes on Penderghast. The R.A. of the residence hall that Your Character, Beckett and Shreya are in reveals that the portrait that hangs in one of the walls is of Celestina Qu'itvitsits, and has been hanging here all semester.

In Book 1, Chapter 13, Beckett reveals to Your Character that there is a mermaid colony living in the lake that Your Character came out of in Book 1, Chapter 1. It is also revealed in this Chapter that the local made a treaty with Penderghast's founder. They were promised a safe haven in exchange for assistance with underwater research.

In Book 2, Chapter 1, Beckett tells the rest of the Pend Pals that if one looks to the right, the torches along the walls of one of the halls their burn with Montague's Inferno. It is a type of tricky Fire magick infused with Water. Later, Beckett tells you that Penderghast is the top Magickal institution of learning in North America.

In Book 2, Chapter 9 Kane mentioned that Desmond Penderghast, the founder, established Penderghast in 1693 as a safe haven for persecuted Attuned during the Salem Witch Trials.

In Book 2, Chapter 14 during the year 1695, Desmond Penderghast won a duel against the evil Ferdinand Fitzpatrick, who opposed the principles of Penderghast. Moreover, in the same chapter Your Character finds out that the place of the bloody duel that took place atop a hill, eventually became the practice room for Sun-Attuned students.

Known Students

 * Your Character (The Elementalists) (Sophomore as of Book 2, Ch. 1)
 * Beckett Harrington (Sophomore as of Book 2, Ch. 1)
 * Shreya Mistry (Sophomore as of Book 2, Ch. 1)
 * Griffin Langley (Junior as of Book 2, Ch. 1)
 * Zeph Hernandez (Sophomore as of Book 2, Ch. 1)
 * Everett Merkseyer
 * Amy Stevenson
 * Ward
 * Hayley
 * Aster D'Yew (As of Book 1, Ch. 19)
 * Atlas Ernhardt (As of Book 1, Ch. 19)
 * Cablash Singh (alumni)
 * Mario Bautista (alumni)

Staff & Workers

 * Dean Elise Goeffe (Formerly; deceased)
 * Professor Kontos (Natural Sciences Instructor)
 * Professor Englund (Spellwork 1A & 1B Instructor)
 * Evelyn Swan (Sun & Moon att Instructor, Dean; as of Bk.1, Ch.19)
 * Katrina Harrington (Instructor as of Book 2, Ch. 2)
 * R.A.
 * Mr. Korningshwip (Librarian)
 * Dean Greygarden Waithe (Formerly)
 * Chef Gillespe Saint Montraire (occasional caterer)
 * Professor Tripton (Metal att Instructor)
 * Professor Tianbao Yin (Metal att Instructor; formerly)
 * Professor Rashid (Air att Instructor)
 * Professor Minch

Facilities

 * Main Quad
 * Hall of Mirrors
 * Dining Hall
 * Reception
 * Elise Goeffe's Office
 * Professor Kontos' Green House
 * Dean Swan's Office
 * Foyer
 * Lost/Confiscated Items Room
 * Various Classrooms & Dorm Rooms
 * Residence Halls
 * Library
 * Restricted Section
 * Art Gallery
 * Thief Stadium
 * Hallways
 * Secret Passageways
 * The Roost
 * Sun Att Practice Room
 * Penn Square
 * Maison D'Yew
 * Fae Rose Garden
 * Cafe Sirene
 * Apothecary Shop
 * Eyrie Palace off of Bellington Road
 * Woods Area
 * Wood Nymph Forest
 * Wood Nymph Grove
 * Mirror Dimension (access restricted to Dean Goeffe's and Professor Swan's offices)
 * Bridge
 * Laboratory
 * Lake Tempetua (with a Merfolk Colony)


 * Guppie Garden
 * Secret Merfolk Cove
 * Katrina's Classroom
 * Study for High Achieving Students
 * Cablash Singh's Secret Hideout
 * Archery Field
 * Observatory
 * Secret Training Temple (Used by Atlas & Your Character)
 * Adaire Botanical Gardens
 * Blood-Att Classroom (Formerly and currently restricted)
 * Guest Wing
 * Accompanying Bathroom

Trivia

 * When Your Character first arrives at the college, s/he mentions how overhead, people are flying around on a variety of objects which include an ottoman, a broom, and an ornamental rug.
 * The ornamental rug could be reference to the 1992 Disney film Aladdin, especially when the pop up that is displayed afterwards says A Whole New World, which in it of itself was a song featured in the movie.
 * In addition, there is what appears to be a red rose in glass case in Professor Kontos' desk.
 * This could be a reference to the enchanted rose from the 1991 Disney film, Beauty & The Beast.
 * Penderghast seems to pay homage to Harry Potter's school, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Like Hogwarts, Penderghast has secret passageways, a restricted section within its library and a hidden room for lost items, which is likely inspired by the Room of Requirement.
 * In addition, the subjects taught at Penderghast are similar to those taught at Hogwarts.
 * Similarly, Penn Square seems to be inspired by either Diagon Alley or Hogsmede, and Lake Tempetua likely pays homage to the Black Lake.
 * Griffin tells Your Character on the tour he gives you of the College that the School's Main Building is comprised of the Dining Hall, which is at the end of the hall and to the left.
 * It also has the Reception, the Dean's Office, various classrooms and some areas for Attunement Placement Exams.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 4, it is confirmed by Beckett that he, along with Your Character and by proxy Shreya all live in the same building.
 * In this same chapter, Beckett also tells Your Character that familiars aren't allowed in the library, and that there's a sign that explains this.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 5, Professer Kontos reveals that recreational potion taking is against school policy.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 6, Aster reveals to Your Character that she hopes to be accepted into Penderghast's cultural exchange program next year.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 13, Beckett tells Your Character that Professor Tianbao Yin was a previous Metal att. Instructor who pioneered the practice of alloy magick and became a werewolf later in life.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 19, Professer Kontos comes up to the group while Aster is with you and grants her access to join the school via the exchange program.
 * On March 14, 2019, Emi, one of the writers at PB, confirmed that she's really looking forward to bringing Aster and Atlas to Penderghast as students, since it's something they had planned from the very beginning, back when they were planning Book 1.
 * As a result, Atlas and Aster will certainly have different reactions to experiencing school for the first time..
 * In Book 2, Chapter 1, Griffin reveals that he will be applying for the Fortuna Revelry Scholarship for Disaster Prevention and Relief. Beckett replies that this is the most prestigious scholarship in the Natural Sciences department! So only one upperclassmen gets it each year.
 * In Book 2, Chapter 12, it is revealed that Blood Magick was banned in 1999.
 * In Chapter 3 of Bachelorette Party Mario Bautista tells Main Character (Bachelorette Party) that Hogwarts isn't real but that he is a former student at Penderghast.
 * He confirms that he was top of his class and is a metal att.