Borstal Verse
Borstal system:
English reformatory system designed for youths between 16 and 21, named after an old convict prison at Borstal, Kent. The system was introduced in 1902 but was given its basic form by Sir Alexander Paterson, who became a prison commissioner in 1922. Borstal institutions were originally designed to offer education, regular work and discipline, though one commentator has claimed that "more often than not they were breeding grounds for bullies and psychopaths.
This is a verse that will likely allude to if not deal with themes of abuse.
This verse is relatively flexible timeline wise. I am more than happy to adjust decades, include magic and ghosts, or do something more straight forward. My base character background for this is that there would still be magic but that instead of being drug down to hell Edwin ends up at Borstal after the attempted sacrifice--the sacrifice fails and he's punished along with the rest of the boys even though he was arguably the victim in the equation.
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