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| || Born || 15 March 1704 || || Residence || A small house in the woods<<BR>>near DoveCreek || || Occupation || HilltopUniversity professor ~-(1717–1790)-~<<BR>>DameAdorabellesAcademy headmistress ~-(1792–1929)-~<<BR>>Royal magical consultant ~-(1929-1966)-~<<BR>>Reclusive shut-in ~-(1966-present)-~|| |
|| Age || Unknown || || Birthday || March 15 || || Race || Human || || Residence || A small house deep in the forest|| || Occupation || Magical advisor to PrincessMeredith ~-(retired)-~<<BR>>HilltopUniversity professor ~-(retired)-~<<BR>>DameAdorabellesAcademy headmistress ~-(retired)-~<<BR>>Reclusive shut-in|| |
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| '''Professor Dame Adorabelle Wallace''' is a retired Centralian magic educator best known as the founder of DameAdorabellesAcademy, where she served as headmistress from the school's founding in 1792 to her retirement in 1929. |
'''Professor Dame Adorabelle Wallace''' is a retired Centralian mage and educator best known as the founder of DameAdorabellesAcademy, where she served as headmistress for many years. |
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| == Early Life == Adorabelle Wallace was born in a faraway land. She developed her magic skills at a young age, and her parents, recognizing her talents, sent her to [[Centralia]], where she was accepted to HilltopUniversity in GroverFalls. |
== Meeting Princess Meredith == Nobody knows when or where Adorabelle was born. All that is known is that she existed long before the founding of the nation that would become Centralia. |
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| == Career == Upon becoming Centralia's youngest university graduate at the age of 13, Wallace accepted a faculty position at Hilltop University, eventually achieving the rank of Professor. |
For most of her early life, Adorabelle lived in a small cabin deep in a forest, and often spent her days outdoors, feeling at one with nature. One day, while wading in a creek, Adorabelle was approached by a strange young woman who seemed very confused. The woman, absolutely captivated by Adorabelle's elegance and grace, asked Adorabelle directly: "Are all of this planet's creatures as beautiful as you?" |
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| Professor Wallace left the university in 1790, recognizing the need to engage students in magic education at a younger age. Wallace set out to establish her own boarding school for students aged 10 to 17, and [[DameAdorabellesAcademy|Dame Adorabelle's Academy for the Magically Gifted and Talented]] opened in [[Havensborough]] in 1792. | While most would find this a strange question, Adorabelle took it in stride, simply asking the woman her name. The strange woman told Adorabelle that she did not have a name, and Adorabelle noted that she seemed confused by the very concept of names. Adorabelle then took the woman inside, gave her food and clothes, and tried her hardest to explain the concept of names. In the end, the two decided the woman would adopt the name [[PrincessMeredith|Meredith]]. |
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| Wallace served as headmistress of her namesake academy until her retirement in 1929, upon which she accepted an appointment as a magical consultant to PrincessMeredith. In 1933, Wallace founded the YoungWitchesAssociationOfCentralia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to magic training to students in public schools throughout Centralia. Initially, Wallace continued to make public appearances at fundraising events for both Dame Adorabelle's Academy and the Young Witches Association, though these appearances became less frequent over the years as Wallace began to tire of public attention. | Meredith stayed at Adorabelle's cabin for some time, and gradually began explaining her situation to Adorabelle. Adorabelle learned that Meredith had only arrived on Earth a few days earlier and had spent that time wandering aimlessly through the forest. Her encounter with Adorabelle in the creek was her first glimpse of any Earth creature, and from that moment, she knew she was destined to stay on Earth. |
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| Wallace retired from both her royal consultant position and the Young Witches Association in 1966. | Adorabelle and Meredith continued to grow close, with Adorabelle serving as Meredith's informal guide to life on Earth. Centuries later, when Meredith became [[PrincessOfCentralia|the ruler of Centralia]], she appointed Adorabelle as her official magical advisor. Adorabelle served in this position for many years before leaving the PalaceOfSerenity to pursue a career in academia. == Career in academia == After resigning from her position as Princess Meredith's official magical advisor, Adorabelle accepted a faculty position at HilltopUniversity, Centralia's oldest university. It was during her tenure at Hilltop that she earned the title of Professor. Many years later, Adorabelle, recognizing the need to teach students with unusually powerful magic how to hone their abilities at a young age, left her faculty position at Hilltop University and sought to establish a magic school for children. She soon founded the famous [[DameAdorabellesAcademy|Dame Adorabelle's Academy for the Magically Gifted and Talented]] in [[Havensborough]], teaching children age 10 to 17. During Adorabelle's time as headmistress of her namesake academy, she maintained a private laboratory in a hidden basement space beneath the Administrative Building. Accessible only through a secret passage in the belly of the Crystal Dragon statue displayed in the building's rear hallway, Adorabelle's secret laboratory served not only as a venue for magical experiments, but also as a quiet refuge where she could find respite, however brief, from the demands of campus live. Only one other person, Adorabelle's secretary, was aware of the existence of the secret lab, and Adorabelle made sure he was sworn to secrecy. In her later years as headmistress, students and faculty alike often observed that Professor Wallace would "go missing" for hours at a time even during school hours. The private laboratory became such a comfort to Adorabelle that she continued to use it even after formally retiring from her position as headmistress many years later. The hidden room that once served as Adorabelle's private laboratory is now used as a secret meeting place by PrincessAlice and her circle of friends, though they are entirely unaware of its history. Notably, Adorabelle's lab (which Princess Alice now refers to as her "clubhouse") is the one hangout spot on the entire campus that [[TheHeadmistress|the school's current headmistress]] has no knoweldge of. |
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| Since her retirement from Dame Adorabelle's academy, Adorabelle has largely withdrawn from the public eye, and is now infamously reclusive. On the rare occasions that Adorabelle does speak to members of the press, she downplays her titles, preferring to be addressed as "Ms. Adorabelle" rather than "Professor Dame Wallace". She now lives in a small house in a remote wooded area, not far from the creek where she first encountered Princess Meredith centuries ago. She keeps all the awards and honors she has received throughout her life stuffed in a closet on the lower level of her house, viewing them as unimportant. Her only truly prized possession is a teddy bear given to her by Princess Meredith herself. | |
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| During her time at Dame Adorabelle's Academy, Wallace commissioned a private laboratory in a basement space underneath the Administrative Building. Accessible only through a secret passage in the belly of the Crystal Dragon statue on display in the building's rear hallway, Wallace's secret laboratory served not only as a venue for her magical experiments, but as a quiet refuge from the demands of campus life. In her later years as headmistress, it was often noted by students and faculty alike that Professor Wallace would often "go missing" for hours at a time even during school hours. Only one other person, Wallace's secretary Isaac Callaway, was aware of the existence of the lab, and he was sworn to secrecy. The laboratory space provided such comfort to Wallace that even after retiring as headmistress in 1929, she continued to visit campus on a regular basis to sneak into her laboratory.<<FootNote([[https://heapershangout.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/901172/#Comment_901172|24 January 2017]] ~-('''Note:''' founding date retconned)-~)>> After Wallace withdrew from the public eye in 1966, the laboratory space sat abandoned and forgotten for over 50 years, until it was discovered by young PrincessAlice, who used it as a secret clubhouse for her friends—the only space on campus [[TheHeadmistress|the current headmistress]] does not know about. Since her retirement in 1966, Wallace has become a true recluse. Tired of the spotlight after over 200 years as Centralia's top academic, Wallace downplays her titles, preferring to be addressed as "Ms. Adorabelle" rather than "Professor Dame Wallace". Ms. Adorabelle lives in a small house in a remote wooded area off CentraliaHighway36 outside the town of DoveCreek, venturing into town only once or twice a week as needed. All the awards and honors she has earned over the years are kept in a small closet on the lower level of the house, and she never enters the closet except when she is feeling particularly nostalgic for someone she once knew. She lives with several cats, but her closest feline companion is named Isaac, after her favorite secretary from her days as a boarding school headmistress. Ms. Adorabelle has driven the same compact luxury sedan since the mid-1990s. It now has nearly 200,000 miles on its odometer, but continues to run extremely well, as Ms. Adorabelle is meticulous about timely automotive maintenance. In her days as a public figure, Ms. Adorabelle was instantly recognizable due to her penchant for large, elaborate hats. Nowadays, however, she prefers to wear understated hoodies so as not to draw attention to herself. |
Adorabelle has driven the same baby blue pickup truck for at least 60 years, often taking it into town when she needs to do shopping. Nobody knows the mileage the truck has seen, but Adorabelle apparently goes to great effort to maintain it, as it drives almost exactly like it did when it was new. |
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| Adorabelle Wallace was knighted by Princess Meredith in 1777 for her contributions to magic education in Centralia. | Adorabelle holds the distinction of being the first individual knighted by Princess Meredith. Ostensibly, her knighthood was in recognition of great service to the Crown, but really, it was because she is Princess Meredith's best friend. |
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| A large statue of Professor Dame Adorabelle stands in the courtyard of Dormitory Circle at her namesake school, erected in her honor in 1933. | A large statue of Adorabelle stands in the courtyard of Dormitory Circle at her namesake school. Princess Alice has, on multiple occasions, gotten in trouble for attempting to transmogrify Adorabelle's statue into a statue of herself. |
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WendyAdorabelleCallaway, owner and manager of the AlfaRomeoHotel in ButtercupBay, is the great-granddaughter of Ms. Adorabelle's secretary, Isaac Callaway, and was named in her honor. |
Dame Adorabelle Wallace |
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Professor of Magic |
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Unknown |
Birthday |
March 15 |
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Human |
Residence |
A small house deep in the forest |
Occupation |
Magical advisor to PrincessMeredith (retired) |
Professor Dame Adorabelle Wallace is a retired Centralian mage and educator best known as the founder of DameAdorabellesAcademy, where she served as headmistress for many years.
Meeting Princess Meredith
Nobody knows when or where Adorabelle was born. All that is known is that she existed long before the founding of the nation that would become Centralia.
For most of her early life, Adorabelle lived in a small cabin deep in a forest, and often spent her days outdoors, feeling at one with nature. One day, while wading in a creek, Adorabelle was approached by a strange young woman who seemed very confused. The woman, absolutely captivated by Adorabelle's elegance and grace, asked Adorabelle directly: "Are all of this planet's creatures as beautiful as you?"
While most would find this a strange question, Adorabelle took it in stride, simply asking the woman her name. The strange woman told Adorabelle that she did not have a name, and Adorabelle noted that she seemed confused by the very concept of names. Adorabelle then took the woman inside, gave her food and clothes, and tried her hardest to explain the concept of names. In the end, the two decided the woman would adopt the name Meredith.
Meredith stayed at Adorabelle's cabin for some time, and gradually began explaining her situation to Adorabelle. Adorabelle learned that Meredith had only arrived on Earth a few days earlier and had spent that time wandering aimlessly through the forest. Her encounter with Adorabelle in the creek was her first glimpse of any Earth creature, and from that moment, she knew she was destined to stay on Earth.
Adorabelle and Meredith continued to grow close, with Adorabelle serving as Meredith's informal guide to life on Earth. Centuries later, when Meredith became the ruler of Centralia, she appointed Adorabelle as her official magical advisor. Adorabelle served in this position for many years before leaving the PalaceOfSerenity to pursue a career in academia.
Career in academia
After resigning from her position as Princess Meredith's official magical advisor, Adorabelle accepted a faculty position at HilltopUniversity, Centralia's oldest university. It was during her tenure at Hilltop that she earned the title of Professor.
Many years later, Adorabelle, recognizing the need to teach students with unusually powerful magic how to hone their abilities at a young age, left her faculty position at Hilltop University and sought to establish a magic school for children. She soon founded the famous Dame Adorabelle's Academy for the Magically Gifted and Talented in Havensborough, teaching children age 10 to 17.
During Adorabelle's time as headmistress of her namesake academy, she maintained a private laboratory in a hidden basement space beneath the Administrative Building. Accessible only through a secret passage in the belly of the Crystal Dragon statue displayed in the building's rear hallway, Adorabelle's secret laboratory served not only as a venue for magical experiments, but also as a quiet refuge where she could find respite, however brief, from the demands of campus live. Only one other person, Adorabelle's secretary, was aware of the existence of the secret lab, and Adorabelle made sure he was sworn to secrecy. In her later years as headmistress, students and faculty alike often observed that Professor Wallace would "go missing" for hours at a time even during school hours. The private laboratory became such a comfort to Adorabelle that she continued to use it even after formally retiring from her position as headmistress many years later.
The hidden room that once served as Adorabelle's private laboratory is now used as a secret meeting place by PrincessAlice and her circle of friends, though they are entirely unaware of its history. Notably, Adorabelle's lab (which Princess Alice now refers to as her "clubhouse") is the one hangout spot on the entire campus that the school's current headmistress has no knoweldge of.
Personal Life
Since her retirement from Dame Adorabelle's academy, Adorabelle has largely withdrawn from the public eye, and is now infamously reclusive. On the rare occasions that Adorabelle does speak to members of the press, she downplays her titles, preferring to be addressed as "Ms. Adorabelle" rather than "Professor Dame Wallace". She now lives in a small house in a remote wooded area, not far from the creek where she first encountered Princess Meredith centuries ago. She keeps all the awards and honors she has received throughout her life stuffed in a closet on the lower level of her house, viewing them as unimportant. Her only truly prized possession is a teddy bear given to her by Princess Meredith herself.
Adorabelle has driven the same baby blue pickup truck for at least 60 years, often taking it into town when she needs to do shopping. Nobody knows the mileage the truck has seen, but Adorabelle apparently goes to great effort to maintain it, as it drives almost exactly like it did when it was new.
Honors and Legacy
Adorabelle holds the distinction of being the first individual knighted by Princess Meredith. Ostensibly, her knighthood was in recognition of great service to the Crown, but really, it was because she is Princess Meredith's best friend.
A large statue of Adorabelle stands in the courtyard of Dormitory Circle at her namesake school. Princess Alice has, on multiple occasions, gotten in trouble for attempting to transmogrify Adorabelle's statue into a statue of herself.