Cursebreakers’ Residency Program
Orientation
Prior to beginning cursebreaking responsibilities, incoming apprentices undergo two months of curse-resilience training. The College provides magic conditioning to help defend apprentices against various breakdowns in their metaphysical body or soul state; refreshers on the types of magic; practice in self-diagnosing curses; taking preventative measures against catching curses; and poison resistance. Apprentices will shadow senior apprentices and faculty wizards to acclimate to the high demands of the cursebreaking environment. Apprentices also receive training in nonhuman-affecting and celestial-specific curses.
Incoming apprentices learn about the history and supernatural context of Wardview and surrounding communities through a vibrant curriculum, traveling lectures, and visits to neighboring clinics. During residency, apprentices are paired with a faculty wizard and two senior apprentices who will provide additional mentorship.
Year 1 Rotations
Year 1 is the foundational year where apprentices will build their knowledge-base via immersive experiences. Apprentices in the cursebreaking residency will work with the College’s Clinic for the Accursed. Apprentices will have the option to explore cursebreaking among humans and non-human species.
Cursebreaking is oftentimes not an immediate cure. Each curse is broken on a case-by-case basis, dependent on the accursed individual, the type of curse, and the curse caster. As such, freshmen apprentices are not allowed to attempt breaking curses
Curse Tracing and Research - 4 weeks
Generational Curse Treatment - 4 weeks
Lifelong Curse Treatment - 4 weeks
Adult Rapid Onset Curse Treatment - 4 weeks
Child Rapid Onset Curse Treatment - 4 weeks
Physical Elemental Curse Treatment - 4 weeks
Magic Elemental Curse Treatment - 8 weeks
Emergency Curse Treatment - 8 weeks
Inhuman Curse Treatment - 2 weeks
Year 2 Rotations
Year 2 represents a transitional year between freshman apprentices and into senior apprentice cursebreakers. It is a year where apprentices build upon the foundation offered in Year 1 and includes opportunities outside the walls of the Wizard Colleges. Community-based partnerships throughout Wardview allow apprentices opportunities to hone their craft and gain confidence in their practice as a wizard.
As the apprentice is still building their knowledgebase around rehabilitation after the curse is broken, second-year students are not allowed to attempt breaking curses.
Post-Curse Rehabilitation Treatment Planning - 4 weeks
Post-Curse Personality and Behavioral Treatment - 8 weeks
Inhuman Post-Curse Rehabilitation - 4 weeks
ER Curse Treatment Night Shifts - 3x 4weeks
Celestial Curse Research and Treatment - 4 weeks
Elective Treatment/Rehabilitation Rounds - 8 weeks
Foundations of Cursebreaking - 4 weeks
Year 3 Rotations
Year 3 is the year when senior apprentices, under the supervision of a faculty wizard, will be allowed to break curses. This is the year where apprentices begin to step into the role of licensed Cursebreaker. Apprentices evolve from mere students to masters of their craft with 14 weeks of elective rounds and volunteer work in the community with organizations such as the Hunter’s Guild of Greater Wardview, the Valencia Clinic for the Supernatural, St. Matthew’s Parish, and Mr. Valentine’s Soul in Reserve Initiative.
Generational Cursebreaking - 4 weeks
Adult Cursebreaking - 4 weeks
Child Cursebreaking - 8 weeks
Crisis Cursebreaking - 8 weeks
Elective Treatment/Rehabilitation Rounds - 14 weeks
ER Curse Treatment Night Shifts - 1x 4 weeks
Didactics
Didactic lectures will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am-11am. These sessions are led by a combination of faculty wizards, senior apprentices, Scriveners, and experts from across the field of cursebreaking.
Additional didactics are planned for every cursebreaking rotation. Fifteen minutes before and after afternoon clinic visits will be dedicated to a fifteen-minute faculty-or-apprentice led afternoon report.
Any apprentice who kills the Accursed will be immediately terminated.
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