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== Magictown University Founded Year 1,010 ==
The magic-users of the world have magic schools throughout the land, most have been abandoned for many years, but some still exist. One of the biggest schools had a student who went only by his last name '''Johnson'''. After graduating when he was in his early twenties, he decided that the magic schools of the world (particularly the one he graduated from) were too exclusive and shunned the less fortunate. The poor would be denied because they couldn't afford it and most of the less respected races (including the '''Monsterkind''' and '''Ogrim''' (orc/troll), among others) were outright denied entry due to extreme racism. '''Johnson''' took it upon himself to set out and found a school of his own that would be far more inclusive for the magically adept.

He gathered a following at the school he graduated from and began construction on his own school a few miles away. With the use of magic, the school came together far quicker than it would have without its aid. He had members of each race help him, including a few Monsters. The school was a success. He made lots of money mainly from donations from approving members of the discriminated races, which he spent almost exclusively on the school and the students. He earned the nickname '''Magic Johnson''' for his efforts.

There was, of course, bitterness and rivalry between him and his Alma-mater as well as other magic schools, but it was never enough to close down the school. In time, '''Magictown University''' became grudgingly loved even by some of its most hated enemies.

'''Magictown University''' had to be rebuilt in one of the rival school attacks and, instead of rebuilding on the spot, he decided to move the school to a far off land, to better protect the students and staff. He gathered all staff and many of the students into a group of ships and took them across the sea to the continent that, unbeknownst to them, was fringed by the '''Curtain of Death'''.

When they passed through it, 90% of them died instantly. It was catastrophic for the school. Luckily, enough of them survived that they were able to rebuild a functional school, albeit less than it's former glory.

The survivors noticed that they were able to pass through the Curtain unharmed (it seems the 10% that survive it do so every time). '''Magic Johnson''' was one such survivor. He advertised the school to foreigners and many were still interested despite the guaranteed 90% death rate. At first anyway. After the first trip, though, only 10% survived and foreigners stopped traveling to the school. 

Luckily for the school, previous survivors, from earlier shipwrecks or voyages, had made a series of villages near the coast that supplied enough students to sustain the school, albeit with far fewer magically-inclined individuals. Trade was possible by way of the survivors. 

The conclusion is that '''Magictown University''' exists to the present day behind the '''Curtain of Death''', but is less of a magic school these days.