In the heart of a busy city, where the skyline is dominated by towering buildings and the air hums with the constant buzz of urban life, Southwest Boarding School stands as a monument to discipline, intellectual rigor, and personal transformation. Unlike the serene, mist-covered estates of its rival Northwest Boarding School, Southwest is a place of stark reality—its dark, Gothic architecture rising against the gritty backdrop of the city’s concrete jungle. Here, luxury is not a promise; survival is. Founded in 1859 by the elusive philanthropist and former industrial magnate, Elias M. Hawke, Southwest Boarding School was built as a sanctuary for society’s most troubled and troubled youth—those who, like Hawke, had once stumbled in their own lives and found redemption through the pursuit of knowledge and self-discipline. Over the decades, the school has become known for its rigorous environment, demanding its students excel in both mind and body, leaving no room for weakness or failure. Southwest’s dark academic ethos echoes the very streets it stands on: unforgiving, unyielding, and capable of forging the strongest of wills…. and it takes on Northwest's expelled students with open arms.