# The Founders’ Society

> The (mostly) unofficial fan society for School of Magic: Magic School, Magic University and The Wizard’s Chamber. The staff and the sorcerers, four diaries, legends and the Evening Scroll. Run by Escape This.

The (mostly) unofficial School of Magic fan society. Founded, kept and occasionally enchanted by Escape This. The diaries are written in character; Bramble, the lost property book, the legends, the Evening Scroll and anything marked “Legend has it” are made up for fun. The Enrol page, venues, dates and anything marked “On the record” are real. Nothing here comes from any wizarding book or film.

## Play for real (facts from Escape This)
- Magic School at Escape This Manly, 2B The Corso, Manly NSW 2095: 2–6 players (six is a firm ceiling). Playing since 19 December 2025. https://www.escapethis.com.au/sydney/manly-beach/escape-rooms/magic-school
- Magic University at Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000: 2–8 players; Friday and Saturday evening peaks need four. Playing since 10 August 2026. https://www.escapethis.com.au/melbourne/melbourne-cbd/magic-university
- The Wizard’s Chamber at Escape This Perth CBD, The Basement, 712–720 Hay Street Mall, Perth WA 6000: 2–8 players; Saturdays need four or more online. Playing since 14 April 2023. https://www.escapethis.com.au/en/game/wizardscbd
- The Wizard’s Chamber at Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000: 2–8 players; Saturdays need four or more online. Playing since 18 October 2024. https://www.escapethis.com.au/sydney/sydney-cbd/the-wizards-chamber
- How long: 60 minutes in each room; arrive 15 minutes early and allow about 90 minutes in all.
- Who can enrol: Recommended for ages 9 and up. Seven- and eight-year-olds can play as paying members of a family group; anyone nine or under needs a parent or guardian playing alongside them. Students aged 10 to 13 need an adult at the venue; a class of 14-year-olds and up can go alone.
- How hard: All three rooms are rated 6 out of 10: a comfortable first escape room that still keeps regular players thinking. Gamesmasters send clues whenever the class asks.
- Which first: Any order. Each room is its own game with its own set and puzzles; Escape This presents Magic School as the sequel to The Wizard’s Chamber, so castle graduates will find familiar ground.
- What to expect: No crawling, tight spaces or smoke. Controlled lighting with some darkness and flashes, mild spooky touches such as glowing skulls, and story and hints in English with some reading.
- Access: Magic University and The Wizard’s Chamber take one wheelchair per session (some chambers may be out of reach depending on the chair). Magic School is not wheelchair accessible.
- What to wear: Robes, cloaks, pointed hats, round spectacles and a wand tucked in your sleeve all belong. Closed shoes, please.

## Producer
- Escape This (https://www.escapethis.com.au). Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, and runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory in Australia. It has venues in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, has hosted more than 500,000 players and has earned 17,960 five-star reviews.

## Pages
- [School of Magic Fan Site | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/): The (mostly) unofficial fan society for School of Magic: Magic School, Magic University and The Wizard’s Chamber. The staff and the sorcerers, four diaries, legends and the Evening Scroll. Run by Escape This.
- [The Story of School of Magic | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/story/): The School of Magic story across three rooms: the castle of The Wizard’s Chamber, the Founders’ Spell at Magic School and the vanished professor of Magic University, with a timeline of fact and legend.
- [Staff, Students & Sorcerers | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/crew/): Who’s who in School of Magic: Headmistress Selene, Corvus the owl, the vanished professor, the castle Headmaster, Hollis the caretaker, Wendell the sorcerer, Crumpet the newt and Bramble.
- [School of Magic Diaries | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diaries/): Four diaries from the world of School of Magic: Headmistress Selene’s term journal, Corvus’s night notes, Wendell’s margin notes and Hollis’s lost property book. Comic, family-friendly, spoiler-free.
- [The Headmistress’s Term Journal | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/): Headmistress Selene’s term journal from Magic School at Escape This Manly: the Founders’ Spell, the Blood Eclipse, her apprentices and her letters to Corvus. Comic, family-friendly, spoiler-free.
- [Why We Keep Journals | The Headmistress’s Term Journal](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/why-we-keep-journals/): Headmistress Selene explains why she and Corvus the owl keep journals, what is in them, and the margin-scribbling sorcerer she refuses to take seriously.
- [News from Melbourne | The Headmistress’s Term Journal](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/news-from-melbourne/): Headmistress Selene hears that a professor has vanished on day one at the new Magic University in Melbourne, and sends his owl her advice.
- [A Birthday at the Academy | The Headmistress’s Term Journal](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/a-birthday-at-the-academy/): A ten-year-old spends her birthday at Magic School with five friends and a cake shaped like a spellbook. Headmistress Selene approves, mostly.
- [Six Is a Full Class | The Headmistress’s Term Journal](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/six-is-a-full-class/): A class of nine turns up at Magic School, and Headmistress Selene explains why six is her limit and how bigger groups split across rooms that start together.
- [The Youngest Apprentices | The Headmistress’s Term Journal](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/the-youngest-apprentices/): Summer holidays bring Magic School its youngest apprentices, and Headmistress Selene explains who may enrol, who needs a parent, and how spooky it is.
- [The Eclipse on Opening Day | The Headmistress’s Term Journal](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/the-eclipse-on-opening-day/): 19 December 2025: Magic School opens at Escape This Manly, the Blood Eclipse rises on cue, and Headmistress Selene sets her apprentices their final test.
- [Moving Into the Corso | The Headmistress’s Term Journal](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/moving-into-the-corso/): Eleven days before Magic School opened in Manly, Headmistress Selene moves her academy into rooms on The Corso and has every corridor aired.
- [Corvus’s Night Notes | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/night-notes/): Corvus’s night notes from Magic University at Escape This Melbourne CBD: the vanished professor, the sealed lecture hall, the first-years and his letters to Selene. Comic, family-friendly, spoiler-free.
- [Room for a Wheelchair | Corvus’s Night Notes](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/room-for-a-wheelchair/): Melbourne’s spring school holidays bring a first-year in a wheelchair to Magic University, and Corvus notes which parts of the campus suit her best.
- [A Professor Goes Missing | Corvus’s Night Notes](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/a-professor-goes-missing/): 10 August 2026: Magic University opens in Melbourne, and on the very first day the Professor vanishes mid-lecture. Corvus the owl takes charge, more or less.
- [The Lecture Hall Arrives | Corvus’s Night Notes](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/diary/the-lecture-hall-arrives/): Five days before Magic University opened on Collins Street, the professor’s owl, Corvus, watches his new lecture hall arrive in pieces.
- [Hollis’s Lost Property Book | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/lost-property/): Hollis the caretaker’s lost property book from Magic School: sandals, hats, a letter from an owl, a borrowed newt and the sand. Invented, family-friendly, spoiler-free.
- [Legends of the Academy | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/legends/): Legends told in the School of Magic world: the founders who forgot, the owl who writes back, the caged firebird and the longest orientation. Rated in stars.
- [A Tour of the Academies | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/grand-tour/): A tour of the real sets of Magic School, Magic University and The Wizard’s Chamber, using photos of the rooms. No spoilers.
- [The Evening Scroll | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/evening-scroll/): Reports from the Evening Scroll: a Blood Eclipse over the Corso, a professor missing in Melbourne, a sorcerer who failed again and a castle bound for Brisbane. Invented, family-friendly.
- [Enrol: Play School of Magic | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/enrol/): Where and how to play for real: Magic School in Manly, Magic University in Melbourne CBD and The Wizard’s Chamber in Perth CBD and Sydney CBD. Ages, group sizes, access and booking.
- [Who Keeps the Society? | The Founders’ Society](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/about/): Who keeps the Founders’ Society: Escape This, builder of all three academies. Which pages are true, which are legend, and where each school really is.

## Optional
- [Full text](https://www.theschoolofmagic.com.au/llms-full.txt): the story, the characters, the legends and every published diary entry in plain text