(re)introducing my ghibli fanschool's first dorm, serencor!! + a member and it's dorm leader! more info about the dorm and SBA itself below the cut!
SBA is a co-ed school! first and foremost, dorms for incoming students are decided by the new student throwing a log into the blazing furnace (calcifer!). whichever color it glows indicates the dorm that the student goes to! to actually get to the dorm, they use howl's magic door to get to the pocket dimensions.
the pocket dimension for serencor consists of rolling, grassy hills, that a castle similar to howl's endlessly roams. the skies at night are always clear enough to see the stars. the housewarden (who, as of now, is heather) controls where the castle itself moves.
serencor is kind of like the heartslabyul of SBA... it's weird and wacky and has a lot of clutter inside of its rooms, but it's beautiful. i'm thinking that maybe serencor and the future kiki dorm are rivals in magical prowess since theyre based on a wizard and witch respectively
as for traditions, i'd like to think there's a tradition related to hat-making to honor sophie! i also think itd be interesting for there to be a school-wide festival about calcifer and how howl swallowed the dying star and gave calcifer his heart...
