It is a place for the troubled supernatural young adults of the world. It has a history dating back one-hundred and sixty years, having housed thousands of supernaturals and gifted beings in its time.

But in the years Manson has been around it things are inevitable not going to stay perfect. Manson is unknown to the general population with only other supernaturals and those in higher power aware it even exists. This means funding the place to keep all the deranged, errant vampires, werewolves and gifted individuals out of the public eye is difficult.

Much of the building is not being looked after. The world is a expensive place to live and the academy does anything it can to save money. Through the years the academy has changed management many times, now it is in the hands of a arrogant, money hungry Headmaster, who sees it that as long as the residents are detained and he is getting paid, then there comfort is far from important..
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At the end of 2015:
Manson has fallen into a sort of status quo. Since the old Headmaster was driven out, the Head of Security has taken on his second year of running things and he has got money is coming in but nobody knows or questions where. New students are on the increase and new staff have also been seen around the campus so clearly things are starting to improve but how long will it last? While Manson was never a five star hotel it had been getting repaired slowly, and now despite the fact it seemed the place was one bad storm away from collapse, it is actually pleasant to live in. So who funded this seemingly dying project? Did they do it for the students or is there some other motive? (read recap of previous year plots on site)