Grave Academy

Welcome Welcome students, to the Castle of Grave Academy, just your regular All Ghouls School in Transilvannya, but with a few twists; Grave Academy is a Brazilian, Forum-Based RPG, that started on September 2011, in this verse, Monsters walk among us humans, but they do so when they're not, you know, Hunting, being punished by their law if they don't do so.

But that's where Grave Academy comes in, to teach young monsters how to fit in this Human-dominated world, and there they can learn various subjects, like: Venoms and Antidotes, Camouflage, Defense, Wield of Weapons, and even Magic; The school is directed By the Headmaster, Jack Jerripher, a Eccentric Dullahan, and his Right-Hand Woman, Sophie Merryweather, a bossy Harpy.

A Canonic Fanfic was released on the forum itself in October 31th, specially because of Halloween, and it covers the stories of the recently-dead-turned-ghost Luke Truesdale, as he is welcomed to the World of Monsters by Jack Jerripher, and is invited to the school, where he befriends and interacts with various other classmates, like the snarky Witch, Blair Liddel, the vegetarian Kelpie, Gary Crawford, the competitive Werewolf, Brenda Thompson, and the Keet Wendigo, Kain Winchester, as they encounter various hardships through their school life, and their clashes with the Monster's sworn enemies, the renegade Hunters, along with other foes. Oh, who are we kidding there?

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Tropes Describing Grave Academy Include:

 * Absurdly Spacious Sewer: The upcoming Grave Sewer Area, is this on steroids, since it contains raised walkways, tunnels and even a Shop.
 * Action Girl: Sophie, though most female characters are implied to be this, but the series hasn't shown a fight with them yet.
 * Brenda, Blair, Carmela and Juliet confirmed as of chapter 8.
 * Let's just say that women are not the fragile sex in here...
 * Affably Evil: Most monsters qualify.
 * A Form Your Comfortable With: Monsters assume a Human form so that they don't get exposed to humans.
 * Alpha Bitch: Juliet.
 * All Ghouls School: No, Duh
 * Always Chaotic Evil: Feral Monsters, and most Hunters.
 * Not most, just most until now, but we are told that they are mostly good.
 * Actually
 * Badass: Lots of Characters, but more prominently, Jack, Sophie, Margareth and Samantha.
 * Battle Aura: Powerful Monsters when they get serious.
 * Ballroom Blitz: Played With, it looks like Jack and the crew are gonna do this, but they are gonna join the fireworks party instead.
 * Bersek Button: Bad-parenting to Kain, and parental abandonement to Ran Mao.
 * Harming a student in front of Jack.
 * Call Margareth a little girl. I.DARE.YOU.
 * Remind Jack and Sophie of how
 * Big Damn Heroes: The J-Trinity and Carmela saving Luke e Co. from Beast!Brenda
 * Big Good: Jeliel for the Monsters, and Igor for the Hunters.
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: the Fanfic is gonna do this.
 * It does, A LOT
 * Building of Adventure: The Castle.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: Most of the Council of Swords count.
 * Calling Your Attacks: They don't actually call them, but their names appear in a stylized way.
 * Circus of Fear: the Pierrot Machité area.
 * Cliff Hanger: Chapter 8 of the first one and Chapter 19 of the sequel
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Werewolves with ttheir moon nearby, and Jack Jerripher, BIG time.
 * Cool Old Guy: Yuji, the Jellyfish Youkai.
 * Creepy Child: Margareth Rabbit, the torture teacher, takes the form of a nine year old girl.
 * Also Helena Minovich of the Council.
 * Crowning Moment of Funny
 * 'He then felt the acidic smell of a room full of teenage boys by the morning' funny because it's true.
 * 'He Thinks he has a Chance with her!'
 * Luke and Blair's exchange about the latter's hair at the Fireworks party.
 * Cute Witch: Blair.
 * Dark and Troubled Past:
 * Dem Bones: Skeletons of course.
 * Dissonant Serenity: The Torture Teacher is a... Wererabbit?
 * Eccentric Mentor: Most Teachers, and the Headmaster, in spades.
 * Elemental Powers:
 * Playing With Fire
 * Blow You Away
 * Making a Splash
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * An Ice Person
 * Shock and Awe
 * Holy Hand Grenade
 * Casting a Shadow
 * Green Thumb
 * Poisonous Person
 * Extra Ore Dinary: The Crystal Alignement, kind of.
 * Evil Plan: The Six Renegade Hunters (current villains in the Fanfic) are setting up a nice evil plan...
 * Mr. Fanservice: Gary,and Jack too.
 * Faux Action Girl: Margareth hasn't participated in any action, but she certainly has the attitude.
 * Five-Man Band
 * The Hero: Luke/Ghost
 * The Lancer: Gary/Kelpie
 * The Smart Guy: Brenda/Werewolf
 * The Big Guy: Kain/Wendigo
 * The Chick: Blair/Witch
 * Genius Loci: The Castle seems to have a mind of it's own.
 * Giant Spider: The Arachne Species.
 * Guile Hero: Jack, sometimes.
 * Gratuitous English: Since this is a Brazilian Portuguese forums, most magic, although Sophie's are Gratuitous Greek.
 * Hammerspace: Jack's magic spelll, Chariot.
 * Most of his spells have something to do with that.
 * Handsome Lech: Kain.
 * Headless Horseman: The Dullahan Species, most prominently, the Headmaster.
 * Healing Factor: All Monsters have this.
 * Hellish Pupils: Show up every now and then.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Kain in the end of chapter 8.
 * Horny Devils: The Succubi and Incubi.
 * I Just Want to Have Friends: Many monsters have this as backstory because they're not always evil.
 * Immortality: Type 2, but they do have an accelerated Healing.
 * Kappa
 * Kitsune
 * Kindhearted Cat Lover: Daphne, in human form, although she IS a cat (Nekomata) in her real form.
 * Kraken and Leviathan.
 * Lady of War: Sophie, elegant, quick, and powerful.
 * Lawful Stupid: Mooks of the Council of Swords seem to be this.
 * Leaning On the Fourth Wall
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch: Juliet.
 * Lunacy: What's like for werewolves when the full moon is near
 * Mad Bomber: Blair's Pumpkin Bomb and Pumpkin Grenade.
 * Meaningful Name: To name a few, Jack Jerripher (Jack the Ripper and the Reaper), Samantha Kindersley and Sophie Merryweather (guess one of her powers).
 * Margareth Rabbit takes the prize.
 * Mismatched Eyes: Vampires sometimes have them.
 * Mistaken for Gay: Luke and Gary at the Fireworks Party.
 * Mood Whiplash: DEAR LORD CHAPTER 8! Starts with a lot of humour regarding Brenda, Luke, Margareth, Samantha and Kain, and ends with a rampaging Brenda cornering the group, whose members are already in a bloody mess themselves, and them she ALMOST KILLS  luckily, the J's and Carmela arrived, but the chapter ends with the cliffhanger... and will only come back on 12/02!
 * Nature Spirit: Nymphs, like Samantha, and Ents.
 * Noodle Incident: Whatever it was that made Grigori hate Jack.
 * What happened to the Movie Room and the fourth floor's Bathroom.
 * OOC Is Serious Business: When Jack stops having fun, it's Over.
 * Our Angels Are Different
 * Our Elves Are Better
 * Our Genies Are Different: The Djinn Species.
 * Our Vampires Are Different: Normally have Mismatched Eyes, but they turn into a blood-red color when hungry.
 * Power Gives You Wings: Winged Species in general.
 * Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: Juliet: You Called? on the end of chapter 8.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Reality Warper: Jack is hinted to be this.
 * Really 700 Years Old: Most of the monsters, really.
 * Red Baron: Members of the Council of Swords to a mythical sword.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: One of the Vampire's traits in this series is that their eyes turn Red when they get hungry.
 * Red Herring: Current arc is setting up Carmela to be one of the hunters, but it doesn't seem that likely.
 * Rule of Cool: Basis of the Series.
 * Screw The Rules I'mBeautiful: Juliet.
 * Shout Out: Blair's name to the Blair Witchproject, and her last name, Liddel, to Alice in Wonderland.
 * Maybe Kain Winchester to Supernatural.
 * The Council Of Swords, having 10 members, with sword-motifs, are kinda like the Espada in Bleach, only good.
 * Carmela Sherridan's name AND last name, and being a Vampire, to Sherridan Le Fanu, the writer of Carmilla.
 * Summon Magic: Experienced Monsters and Wizards can do this via Pentagrams, summoning Feral Monsters.
 * Super Powered Evil Side: Brenda's Beast Mode.
 * Telepathy: Most Experienced Monsters are able to do this.
 * Tengu: The Combat Teacher, Aaron B. Vengeance.
 * The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires: Averted Hard, since it's a Brazilian Forum.
 * The Chessmaster: The leader of the Renegade Hunters is played up like this.
 * The Worf Effect: Kain's battle with Beast!Brenda.
 * Town With a Dark Secret: The True Cross Village.
 * Trickster Mentor: ALL teachers, to varying degrees.
 * Tsundere: Sophie, Big Time.
 * Carmela and Juliet too.
 * Uberwald: Where the series takes place.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Jack and Sophie.
 * Wide Open Sandbox: With over 70 species of monsters to choose!
 * Wizards and Witches
 * Wreathed in Flames: Salamanders and Dragons more prominently, but some Fire-Alignement Techiniques do this.
 * Wolf Man: One of the Species.
 * Youkai: Various.
 * Zombie Apocalypse: One was seemingly attempted in the Canonic Story, but was apparently cut short when the zombie-virus vaccine became too expensive, and the Council had to wipe out the human's memories of this, they apparently call that the world war II now...
 * Youkai: Various.
 * Zombie Apocalypse: One was seemingly attempted in the Canonic Story, but was apparently cut short when the zombie-virus vaccine became too expensive, and the Council had to wipe out the human's memories of this, they apparently call that the world war II now...

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Tropes applying to specific Characters:
Luke Truesdale:

The Main protagonist, he dies by being hit by a truck in the first chapter and thus becomes a Ghost and is dragged into the world of the monsters as he enrolls the Grave Academy, he's in the Brinterruves Republic.


 * Brown Eyes
 * Dark and Troubled Past: a staple of the series.
 * Elemental Powers: So far: Green Thumb,Making a Splash and Blow You Away.
 * First Episode Ressurection: As a ghost
 * Friendless Background
 * Hair of Gold
 * Homing Projectile: His Phantom Disk technique.
 * Invisibility: Learning.
 * Iron Woobie: Seeing as he lost his dad when he was young, died, left his mother and brother without saying goodbye to them, he does not complain much, but recently revealed chapter information has revealed that he's going to get to deal with the Angst.
 * Naive Newcomer: Understandable, as he's new to the monster world.
 * Nice Guy
 * Only Sane Man: Due to being oblivious to the workings of the monster world.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different: They have to learn to control invisibility and intangibility.
 * Power Perversion Potential: Kain once insisted that he should use his invisibility to spy on girls.
 * Rocket Punch: Kinda, his Ectoplasm Hook technique.
 * The Archer: Hinted.
 * The Call Knows Where You Live
 * The Hero
 * The Hero

Brenda Thompson

A Female Werewolf, she's a smart and soft-spoken girl, but can sometimes be kind of a Deadpan Snarker, was the first to befriend Luke, and also has a close bond with Gary and Blair, but she disapproves of Kain's lecherousness. She's in the Deprecius Republic.


 * Badass Bookworm
 * But Not Too Black
 * Cute Monster Girl.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Elemental Powers: Casting a Shadow, Blow You Away and Dishing Out Dirt, so far.
 * Friendless Background
 * Gray Eyes
 * Guns Akimbo
 * Meganekko: Like Blair, she doesn't always wear them.
 * Orphan'sPlotTrinket: Implied, she has a locket with a family photo inside, and is hinted to be an orphan.
 * Parental Abandonement: Or Dead Parents Are The Best, we don't know yet.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * The Smart Guy
 * Wolf Man: Girl actually.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * The Smart Guy
 * Wolf Man: Girl actually.
 * Wolf Man: Girl actually.

Kain Winchester

A Wendigo, he is the comedic relief of the group, thinks highly of his looks, although not many people agree with him, he's constantly being lecherous, but he's really someone you can count on. He's in the Lucemis Republic.


 * Blue Eyes
 * Carpet of Virility: is overly hairy for a 16 year old, a side effect of being a Wendigo, but most caharacters don't like it...
 * Casanova Wannabe
 * Crouching Moron,Hidden Badass
 * Crowning Moment of Funny
 * Elemental Powers: Green Thumb and Holy Hand Grenade for now.
 * Happily Adopted
 * Handsome Lech: as a Running Gag.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Attempted during chapter 8
 * Unexplained Recovery
 * Hollywood Dateless: he's physically based on Landon Liboiron, so it's surprising that's he never gets a date.
 * Justified, as he's constantly being lecherous.
 * Major Injury Underreaction: Beast!Brenda breaks his arm with a punch in chapter 8, he barely winks.
 * Supreme Chef
 * The Big Guy
 * The Nose Knows
 * Wendigo: Though they're more like Werebears in the Grave Academy 'Verse.
 * Zerg Rush: his Heaven's Claw move.
 * Zerg Rush: his Heaven's Claw move.

Gary Crawford

A quiet and smart Kelpie, born and raised on the Kelpie Tribe, somewhere on Italy, he's quick to make friends, and is the target of many a girl's attentions for his looks, although he himself undermines this, at the Third Chapter, before meeting and befriending Luke, he was trapped with Bay Stones and made irascible, picking a fight with the Ghost at the Dining Hall, but once he got rid of the stones, he returned to his kindhearted nature.


 * Awesome McCoolname
 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Subverted, he's the only one, barr maybe Luke, who had a normal life.
 * Elemental Powers: Making a Splash, Shock and Awe and Blow You Away.
 * Mr. Fanservice: In-Universe.
 * Genius Sweet Tooth: Shows even MORE when he eats sweets.
 * Kelpie
 * Master of Illusion: still learing the ropes.
 * Tall Dark and Handsome.
 * The Bully: Averted 'Hard' as he was only that because he was affected by the Bay Stones.
 * The Clan: The Kelpie Tribe.
 * The Lancer
 * The Stoic: though less so then most.
 * Vegetarian Carnivore: By his own choice.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Bay Stones make Kelpies lose it.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Bay Stones make Kelpies lose it.

Blair Liddel

A young Witch prodigy, she is highly praised for her magic, but she hates all the attention, and although she looks like a poster popular kid, she has many nerdy and derpy hobbies, like LAR Ping, liking to study, designing clothes, etc... She's i the Sapiensorens Republic, like Gary.


 * Awesome McCoolname
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Cute Witch: or Hot Witch, as she's 17.
 * Elemental Powers: Playing With Fire, Making a Splash, Dishing Out Dirt, Blow You Away, Green Thumb, Shock and Awe, Green Thumb, Holy Hand Grenade, Casting a Shadow, and even the exclusive An Ice Person.
 * Green Thumb: Most of her personal spells have a pumpkin theme.
 * Meido: Uses a similar style for the Fireworks Party.
 * Meganekko: Not always wears 'em though.
 * Mundane Utility: Can use Magic to change her hair/clothes, and make 'Raindrops miss her and her group''
 * Ms. Fanservice: has the most curvaceous body and wears sexy outfits quite often.
 * Shout Out: Both her first name, to The Blair Witch Project, and her surname, to Alice in Wonderland.
 * The Clan: her Clan, the Liddels, are known for producing great wizards and witches.
 * The Mario: Is all-rounded and is capable of using all elements, save for the elusive crystal alignement.
 * She's back now, as she was only led to being one.
 * Tsundere: more Dere-Dere.
 * Shout Out: Both her first name, to The Blair Witch Project, and her surname, to Alice in Wonderland.
 * The Clan: her Clan, the Liddels, are known for producing great wizards and witches.
 * The Mario: Is all-rounded and is capable of using all elements, save for the elusive crystal alignement.
 * She's back now, as she was only led to being one.
 * Tsundere: more Dere-Dere.
 * She's back now, as she was only led to being one.
 * Tsundere: more Dere-Dere.

Jack Jerripher

The Headmaster, if he can be called that, seeing as he's a Headless Horseman, Jack is a bit on the loony side most of the time, but can be wise as a sage if the need arises. He's the Third member in the Council of Swords, and so, he's recognized as the third strongest monster alive.


 * A Father to His Men
 * Bersek Button: Shared with all teachers, harming his students.
 * Break the Cutie: As seen in the two spoilers below.
 * Cool Horse: his Familiar, Cervantes.
 * Creepy Cool Crosses
 * Elemental Powers: Claims to be an allrounder, so, Jack of All Stats.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait
 * Excentric Mentor: In Spades.
 * Familiar: His Zombie Horse, Cervantes.
 * Green Eyes
 * Hair of Gold: Although it's described as a dirty gold color.
 * Hammerspace: Lots of his magic powers seem to have something to do with this, either that or transportation.
 * Punny Name: To Jack the Ripper.
 * Rainbow Motif: Within the Council of Swords, he's Deep Blue.
 * Really 700 Years Old: At least 300, but looks 27.
 * Red Baron: As a member of the Council, his is: Interpreter of the Imagination
 * Rock Theme Naming: All of the members of the council are likened to a Gemstone, his is a Deep-Blue Sapphire.
 * Ship Tease: Buckloads with Sophie, Robin and Samantha, but mostly with Robin,.
 * Shout Out: His Horse's name to the writer of Dom Quixote.
 * Tarot Motifs: His Spells.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Sophie.
 * Rock Theme Naming: All of the members of the council are likened to a Gemstone, his is a Deep-Blue Sapphire.
 * Ship Tease: Buckloads with Sophie, Robin and Samantha, but mostly with Robin,.
 * Shout Out: His Horse's name to the writer of Dom Quixote.
 * Tarot Motifs: His Spells.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Sophie.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Sophie.

Sophie Merryweather

A bossy Harpy who's the right-hand woman of Jack, she excels in Camouflage, being noted as one of the top practicioners of the art, she's been Jack's freind for a long time, and thus, knows exactly how to deal with his loooniness, she was part of the official Camouflage comitee, and wanted to change its more stern rules, and altought she couldn't in the end, she learned that you just have to live with some things that we can't change. As the Eight member of the Council of Sowrds, she's regarded as the eight strongest monster alive.


 * Acrophobic Bird: But later got over it.
 * Badass
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Blood Brothers: With Samantha.
 * Blue Eyes: Overlapping with Gray Eyes.
 * Child Prodigy
 * Cool Sword: Abalone, her diamond and laurel-patterned longsword.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Death Glare
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life: Part of her Backstory.
 * Elemental Powers: Her field of specialization, her strong Water/Wind/Thunder magics granted her the moniker: Unyelding Storm
 * Gratuitous Greek: her spells usually have something involving Greek Gods.
 * Master of Disguise
 * Mentor Occupational Hazard: Her Aunt taught her all she knows about camouflage.
 * Only Sane Man: Of the teachers.
 * Rainbow Motif: Within the Council of Swords, she's White.
 * Red Baron: As a member of the Council, hers is: Divine Lightning, but she also has: Unyelding Storm.
 * Rock Theme Naming: All of the members of the council are likened to a Gemstone, hers is a Pure-White Diamond.
 * Supreme Chef: Revealed in an Omake.
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tsundere: More Tsun-Tsun.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Jack.
 * Volleying Insults: Guess with who?
 * Tsundere: More Tsun-Tsun.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Jack.
 * Volleying Insults: Guess with who?