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For wolf hall, how do get the mp to work, want to increase it above 100. Can't seem to get it to work, tried multiple variants of code. Edit: also, where is the actual save location? Editing it would be much easier for me. 'Magical Diary' is a Ren'Py-based Romance Game series with Life Sim and Adventure Game elements, released by Hanako Games in 2011. In the first game, Magical Diary: Horse Hall, the Player Character was an ordinary teenage girl until she discovered her inborn capacity for magic and was given The Choice: deny her power and keep her normal life, or embrace it and enroll at the Wizarding School.

'Magical Diary' is a -based series with and elements, released by in 2011.In the first game, Magical Diary: Horse Hall, the was an ordinary teenage girl until she discovered her inborn capacity for magic and was given The Choice: deny her power and keep her normal life, or embrace it and enroll at the Iris Academy to learn how to control and use her magic. The game follows her through her first year at Iris Academy and her introduction into the world of magic - and all of the dangers that come with it.A spin-off was released in 2020. It is set in an to the original Horse Hall, where the general setting and characters are the same but creates numerous ripples causing events to unfold differently. In Wolf Hall, the Player Character is the heir to a powerful noble bloodline masquerading as an ordinary, wanting to experience what life is like without relying on his family name. Check the for future updates.Both versions of Magical Diary contain the following tropes:.: The magical world has a strict policy of wiping the memories of people who get kicked out of their society, which happens if the person either chooses to reject their powers, fails magic school, or somehow loses them (usually by breaking a magic oath).

So the Horse Hall protagonist becomes this in most of the bad endings.: The protagonist and Damien in both games, the protagonist and Grabiner in Horse Hall and the protagonist and William in Wolf Hall. While Damien doesn't give a damn, the latter two do care about the age difference and thus the protagonist needs to approach their paths very carefully for a chance at a successful romance.: Deliberately invoked by the faculty of Iris Academy. All students are assigned a house when they enroll: 'daring' Wolves, 'elegant' Falcons or 'eldritch' Toads for the boys, and 'adventurous' Horses, 'charming' Butterflies or 'mysterious' Snakes for the girls. Bonus points for one of the Butterfly Hall residents having literal wings. In Horse Hall, she responds very enthusiastically when she finds out someone (you) is giving out free hugs, and if you send her a valentine card. She retains this personality in Wolf Hall.: Virginia repeatedly insists she's not interested that way in anyone, male or female. In Horse Hall, even if you manage to enter into a romantic relationship with her (which isn't easy), at the end it comes out that she'd really rather just cuddle.: Ellen is probably the smartest person at the school, and at one point defeats an exam without using any magic at all, just puzzling out an illusion.

Professor Grabiner considers it cheating to complete a magical exam without using magic, though.: Virginia. She sure can pack it in.

/: The main setting of the series. /: Professor Potsdam. Despite being the powerful headmistress at a prestigious she comes across more of a mature. Most of the time, anyway.: The Horse Hall protagonist has a default name,. Likewise, the default name for the Wolf Hall protagonist is Gary Stu.: Professor Grabiner is very obviously.: Snake and Toad Hall students, in general, tend in this direction.

Particular examples include Big Steve, Suki, and Balthasar.: Jacob and Kyo eventually wind up butting heads over who deserves Minnie's attention. In Wolf Hall, the male PC might also get involved. However, Wolf Hall also reveals that Jacob and Minnie are only friends and he was just trying to protect her, not win her for himself.: William to Virginia.: It's such a pretty magical world, with freaky yet lovable characters, fairy wings,. Yet magical society is exceedingly totalitarian, its rules are enforced by, the students at Iris Academy have very few rights, and even then, the professors are not the ones who are the most dangerous to you.: Kyo towards Minnie.: If you don't at least take a look at all five magic types early on, you'll get detention or demerits. Also, not all dungeons can be solved by all kinds of magic, so someone who purely specializes in a single art is at risk of demerits.:.

At first glance, Snake and Toad Hall are assumed to be reservoirs of. However, as seen above, their students generally turn out to be harmless - the dangerous students aren't so obvious. Black Magic, despite having a name full of negative connotations, deals mostly with enchanting magical items and is no more inherently evil than any other school.: Damien. If you don't romance him in Horse Hall, he'll go after a freshman boy instead; in Wolf Hall, he'll go after Ellen if a male PC doesn't romance him.: Ellen's parents divorced when she was younger, and her father eventually stopped writing to her.: Kyo is extremely possessive of Minnie and pulls a lot of manipulation on her when she tries to break up with him for it. They break up at least twice over the course of the story, but Minnie will end up going back to him if you don't intervene in some way.: Gender appears to be mostly irrelevant when it comes to romance here, with no one commenting if the heroine ends up in a romance with a girl, and several NPCs also involved in same-sex relationships that are, again, not treated as unusual.

When Jacob's 'fathers' are mentioned, it comes up very casually and might not even be noticeable if one doesn't pay attention to his exact wording (as in, 'my fathers' versus 'our fathers'). Additionally, some of the romance options from Horse Hall (Ellen, Damien) also have routes in Wolf Hall, which features a male PC instead of a female.: When Potsdam finally gets around to, this is the topic. Nobody blinks an eye at high schoolers having sex, but children are forbidden; fortunately, the use of green magic will easily prevent conception, and Potsdam can help if you don't have that level of skill yet. Note Theoretically, at least.

The game doesn't let you get past kissing with any of the available love interests.: Girls seem much more likely to develope into Wildseeds than boys, as it's noted that female Wildseeds consistently outnumber males in each incoming freshmen batch.: No Hanako Games title would be complete without this. In Horse Hall's case both Ellen and Virginia fulfill the officially. In Wolf Hall, the main options are Damien and William.: Jacob has two fathers.: The PC's name is chosen by the player (with ' '/ as the default for Horse/Wolf Hall).: Virginia was born prematurely and has some health problems as a result. William explains it to you when she gets sick about halfway through the year.: As part of the second Green Magic class cutscene.

Professor Potsdam: Many living beings will take offense to being referred to as 'it', although not all.: The protagonist can become close friends with all romanceable characters apart from Damien, who throws a ragefit at the very notion of friendship and is never seen again. Considering that his entire plan hinges on manipulating a love-struck protagonist, it's not surprising that he isn't too keen on friendship.: Used to enforce and prevent anyone non-magical from finding out anything about magical society. Specifically, it's used on anyone who finds themselves kicked out of magical society, whether by expulsion, breaking a promise, or choice. A milder version is applied to the parents of Wildseeds to make them forget that their children are magical, but in some cases, it hits harder than intended and the parents in question start to forget that they care about their children, which is what happens to Ellen's parents.

She eventually tells Potsdam to make her family forget about her completely.: Deemed 'Wild Seeds', they are taken into the magical world and their parents hit with. The 'Horse Hall' heroine is one of these, as is Ellen in both games.: Alluded to during 'sex education'. Students aren't allowed to carry children, and Professor Potsdam warns everyone to take their own precautions against pregnancy or face punishment. She adds that if anyone's Green Magic isn't up to the task, they can come talk to her after class.: The sworn promise of a witch or wizard is completely binding, with dire consequences if broken.: Utterly forbidden. Ellen tries to experiment and it nearly gets her expelled. Another character was expelled for it in the past.: Damien!.: Of the, based on some of the comments.: Damien shares a name with the kid from.

They're both part-demon (although Potsdam calling Damien a cambion implies that his non-human parent is a, not the Devil) and both evil. If the Horse Hall PC meets Damien in the first week, she can even lampshade it. Mary Sue: 'That's a sort of unfortunate name, isn't it?

Especially with those wings. People might think you were a devil.'

.: Donald's problem, and the driving reason why he's such a trickster. William is and Virginia is the, so his pranks are the only means that he can use to stand out.:. Alienated from his parents? Bullied at school due to his mysterious, demon parentage? Believed to be a vicious - while really just and getting his trust betrayed constantly for his trouble? Too bad it's an act he puts on, specifically designed to invoke this trope.: 'Big Steve' Kenyon tends to be very irritable if he hasn't had his coffee.

During initiation, he seeks out freshmen to fetch coffee for him.: Professor Potsdam is a lot more devious than she first appears.:. The creator was having a bit of fun there.: Of. The setting is a where the students are assigned into animal-themed dorms based on personality traits, the protagonist is a teenager from an otherwise normal family who's now being introduced into a whole magical society on the other side of. There's even a of the common fangirl interpretation of Severus Snape in the person of Professor Grabiner. And, of course, the PC's is. Not to mention Professor Potsdam, the cheerful, eccentric but surprisingly powerful female Dumbledore.

and: The reinforcement causes your parents - and the parents of every other Wildseed - to forget that their kids are magical. In some cases, the spell hits so hard that the adults in question actually forget why they care about the kid. And Ellen suspects that this is what's happened to her family. She later has Potsdam make them forget her completely and elects to stay at the school over the summer in Horse Hall; if you've become close friends with her or are pursuing her romantically, you can offer to let her stay at your home during the summer - otherwise, you never even find out about the situation. Moreover, it's implied from the way Virginia tells you this, that this is considered completely normal and justified by the born-witches.: Not all mages or magical creatures are male or female; some are asexual, hermaphroditic, have, or otherwise don't neatly fit into the human gender spectrum. Mary Sue: '.Wait, is this going to be sex education!?'

. In Wolf Hall, Gary's bafflement/confusion over American words or expressions he's unfamiliar with.: Given the multiple dialogue options, and of magic skill gains, this is pretty much required. Given that you can literally save everywhere, to 80 slots, this is also practically a game feature.: Professor Grabiner's preferred method of dealing with students, on the basis that having them all terrified of him is preferable to letting them get themselves killed by being careless with their magic.: It's left open for interpretation, but the Horse Hall protagonist may become this for Grabiner if she successfully sees his romance path through to the end. The Wolf Hall protagonist becomes William's should he embark on his path.: Big Steve had a side romance path added in a late update for Horse Hall. Reaching it is much more difficult than any of the other characters.

Wolf Hall has a number of side romances, some of which are nearly impossible to stumble over without a guide.: In December, the protagonist will be assigned to give a gift to someone, though due to a sudden snowstorm, this gets changed into making a card instead. Though it's meant to be random, in Horse Hall the player is always assigned to whichever of her two roommates she has the worst relationship with, granting a last-minute chance to win points before choosing a route.

Wolf Hall confirms that Professor Potsdam deliberately manipulates the Santa assignments. Professor Potsdam: Please, kts and cubs, take your seats. There are some things we should talk about before your magical education progresses any further.Most of you know yourselves as either a boy or a girl, and that identity may be importamt to you.Player Character's thoughts. Wait, is this going to be sex education?!?Professor Potsdam: But even with humans, sex is not always as simple as 'male' or 'female' with nothing in-between. And in the magical world, there are many more possibilities which you should be aware and respectful of.Player Character's thoughts.

Guess not. Wolf Hall does deliver the sex ed speech in February, but without the gag versions beforehand.: The only instructors we ever see in Horse Hall are. In Wolf Hall, there is also a gym teacher, and a librarian that doesn't consider herself part of the faculty. Says there are more but they mostly teach the upper years.: The games take place in modern times, and while electronics and magic don't mix well, common societal trends are still present.: Ellen's comments to Donald, when the topic of sibling rivalry comes up, suggest that she either was this or at least feels like she's this.

Coming to Iris Academy doesn't seem to have improved matters much - her family tells her not to come home for Thanksgiving. In Horse Hall she eventually has Potsdam just make them forget her entirely. In Wolf Hall she decides to work harder to rebuild her relationship with her family.: Many of the characters have unusual hair colors. You can give your character one, too.: What Damien is trying to accomplish.Tropes exclusive to Horse Hall:.: The length of time the Horse Hall heroine has to stay married to Grabiner in his route in order for it to count as fulfilling the promise. It's also how long Virginia and Jacob would have to stay married, although if you make the right choices you can get Virginia out of this by offering to marry her yourself instead.: An encounter with a menacing spirit leads the Horse Hall PC to attempt to protect herself by lying that she's Professor Grabiner's fiancee.

She doesn't realize at the time that this can't be treated as a harmless white lie: a promise made by a witch or wizard has its own inherent power with consequences if it is broken, and she and Grabiner end up obligated to actually get married to avoid worse fallout.: Professor Grabiner, according to the female PC. Possibly also Damien, depending on how you choose to phrase the love letter and whether or not you're just making things up. 'Voice like melty butter,' indeed.: The main character can engage in one with her opponent in the sixth exam.: Probably the case with Damien, although. Casting Spirit Sight and/or Empathy at plot-relevant moments proves that, if nothing else, he's definitely struggling with some very uncomfortable and conflicting feelings.: On Damien's route, the protagonist's actions can annoy both her roomates to the point where they demand that she break up with him. Promising to do so and then going back on her word leads to his worst ending.: On Virginia's route, Donald plays a prank on her for Valentine's Day by finding a marriage contract that she and Jacob made as kids and passing it around the school. Then Potsdam gets word of it and informs the two that the contract they made is enough to be considered a promise, and, they actually have to get married once they turn eighteen or they'll both lose their powers forever.: Give Big Steve the bunny doll, and he names it 'Mr. Hoppity' and is often seen talking to it.

And writes letters to Mary Sue in Mr. Hoppity's name. It's unclear whether this is due to a or if there's (With enough White Magic you can check whether or not there is any sort of spirit in the toy, and there doesn't seem to be, so it's probably just Big Steve.).: The romance with Damien is a deconstruction of the plot where the villain. Damien's read that romance novel, and he's not only manipulating Mary Sue in the classic romance-novel sense, but he's to get what he wants, and everything he does before the is in fact pure fakery.

/: Potentially one of either when Damien shows his true colors, depending on player choice.: The divorce ending requires you to take a very specific series of actions and is a downright horrific failure mode taking your life.: Playfully lampshaded by Damien during the May Day ball. The protagonist is under the impression that his earlier promise not to harm her is still in effect - until he bites her. As he points out, the terms of the promise mean that it actually only protected her for the one day. Fortunately, he doesn't actually intend to harm her and the bite was simply to mess with her. Probably.: From the perspective of magical society, the ending in which the protagonist loses her magic and escapes with Damien constitutes one.

The truth of the situation is.: If you manage to acquire certain amounts of magic points before the events, some of Ms. Potsdam's lectures can be considered foreshadowing at least for Damien's path, and possibly a few others'. /: One of the signs that Professor Grabiner is warming to the protagonist is that - at least when they're not around other people - he begins calling her by her first name, and gives her permission to call him something other than 'sir.'

.: The letters that Damien sends after things in his path go pear-shaped contain copious amounts of slightly unhinged groveling, promising anything you could possibly want from expensive presents all the way up to conquering the world for you if only you'll take him back. Note Then again, he might be planning to conquer the world anyway.: During the final exam, there are plenty of ways to cause your team to collapse from lack of trust (usually due to your personal romantic affairs), but the most blatant way is if you tried to intercede for Damien after he tried to steal your soul.

They will issue a direct ultimatum: give up Damien, or they will throw the exam then and there just to spite you. This also gets you reassigned to Snake Hall.: Kyo talks about his problems with Minnie this way the first time he asks you about it in Gym Class. Similarly, if Minnie brings up her relationship issues with the protagonist, she'll start the conversation by saying she's asking for advice on behalf of a friend.: Damien intended to steal the protagonist's soul.

Unfortunately for him, she wound up stealing his heart instead.: For all of Damien's flaws and problems, it's safer to listen to his warnings:. Your first encounter with him in the gym, where he tells you to attend at least the first lecture of every class and not trust the professors? You need a minimum of one point in every color to avoid getting detention after the first two weeks, and a minimum of ten to avoid being kept behind for summer school. And Potsdam definitely isn't telling you everything. His suggestion to study blue magic during Initiation week? Successfully using blue magic (which requires a total of thirty or more points in it) will get a whopping ten merits in the first exam - more than you can get from any other option.

His warning not to use Spirit Sight during the Dark Dance? Doing so will make the spirits very angry, causing them to knock you out and temporarily blind you. Grabiner will also give you detention and take ten merits from you - or twenty if you asked him about the dance prior to attending it. Him telling you that you might be in danger in the Academy - that you could lose your mind, or your life, or worse?

If you get expelled, you will 'lose your mind' by being brainwashed. As for your life and your soul, they are also in danger.

From Damien!.: Grabiner is an extremely caustic with a tendency to rant at the heroine if she fails an exam. And simply believes in the principle of. He's actually quite gentlemanly when calm and talking with a person he respects.: On his route, this is how his initial lack of respect for the protagonist manifests - he starts off viewing the protagonist as an idiot and tries to ignore her until he can cast the severance spell on the. As she shows a more caring and competent side to him, he warms up significantly.:. by Potsdam. She says that if trying to steal your soul isn't technically on the books as an expulsion-worthy offense, she'll make it one.

However, used in one event to get out of a. Virginia and Jacob promised to marry when they turn eighteen. They did not promise to marry each other. Sometimes there is a time limit or an opponent of some kind, but for the most part, the only rule for the exams is 'find the exit'. In one exam, Ellen uses her analytical skills to break through an illusion and find the exit, without even bothering with magic.

Jade empire. Subverted in that she doesn't get any merits for it and Professor Grabiner basically equates it to cheating: this is, after all, a test of magic. You can do something similar in the exam with the exploding chest.

If you have enough Strong, you will survive the explosion that happens when you open the chest and can then just take the key and exit the dungeon. Like the above example, Potsdam isn't happy with you if you do this.: Professor Grabiner's attitude turns out to have been shaped significantly by the tragic and gruesome death of Violet, a promising wildseed witch who he fell in love with while they were both students.: The PC, on Damien's route. Everyone around her warns her away from him, but even after he betrays and nearly kills her, she'll keep forgiving him and coming back for more if you want to get his endings.: Damien's grand plan hinges on this - he's counting on his victim being so besotted by him that, by the time he's done manipulating them, they'll happily hand over their soul to him on a silver platter.: Unless you enlist Big Steve's help, you only have a 1 in 100 chance of winning that bunny doll. Magic itself can be this as well. Each class in a type of magic raises that type by a random amount of points between 1 and 3, and you have a chance of failing that goes up with your stress level.

If you wait until the last minute to level up a type of magic that you need for an exam, you'll have to hope that you get lucky with the numbers.: The main character and Grabiner, if his romance route is taken.: You have the option to send a romantic valentine to Professor Potsdam. If you do, she turns you down. Not because she's old enough to be your mother or because a relationship between a student and teacher would be wrong, but because she doesn't want students thinking they can buy scholastic merits. She does seem genuinely flattered by the interest, though. Also with Grabiner. It is never stated exactly how old he is, but he's probably lived many times longer than the player's sixteen years.: If the player is a member of the Rose and Wasp, they can choose to seek revenge on Kyo after he and Minnie have an explosive and public fight, but it goes very poorly and leads to Kyo injuring Jacob.

While the player doesn't get caught, she is horrified at the unintended consequences of her actions. Similar results if the player uses that membership to send William to fight Damien, after Damien betrays the player.: The Horse Hall player character is this, as a witch born to non-magical parents, and most Wildseeds are this to a degree as well.: The Divorce achievement in particular, which is difficult to reach but is probably the worst possible outcome for the player character. You can also get expelled if you get too many demerits or if you slack off on your studies in the early game.: If they meet during the first week, the protagonist lampshades the unfortunate fact that Damien looks suspiciously like a stereotypical evil demon. He comments that she shouldn't judge by appearances. Though in his case, his appearance is pretty much bang on the money.: You have two roommates.

Virginia is a junk-food-addict slob. Ellen is a quiet, studious neat freak who loves vegetables. This isn't quite since as Horses they're both somewhat tomboyish. Ellen is more girly, but not drastically. However, Pastel is extremely girly, and she and Virginia are apparently friends.: If you don't romance either of them, Ellen and Donald may get together behind the scenes, surprising the protagonist at the final dance.: The raison d'etre of the.

However, their involvement almost always leads to something the player will regret.: Virginia is willing to have a relationship with the protagonist, but admits she isn't interested in doing more than kissing and cuddling with anyone and worries that this will eventually cause problems for them as a couple.: Damien's hybrid heritage slowly killing him, and the only thing which can fix it is the protagonist's soul.or so they claim. In reality, the whole story is a bunch of lies made to convince the protagonist to willingly offer their soul to him.: The main conflict of Grabiner's route kicks off when he and the player character are forced to get married in order to avoid.: Grabiner's romantic ending concludes with the protagonist going back to her dorm room to, in her own words, 'squeal like a schoolgirl.' .: Ellen starts to work on developing this on her route. It scares the crap out of the professors. It's possible to determine that the real issue is her use of electronics.: When asked if you are dating Donald.

Mary Sue: I am not currently dating your brother.Virginia:. Despite the lampshade, it's really more a matter of. The emphasis is on currently, because at that point in time they haven't upgraded their relationship yet.: Possible with Professor Grabiner, but must be approached very cautiously since he's not at all inclined to play along and will harshly reject any overt romantic gestures from the player, often with a hefty dose of demerits. Only at the very end of his path does he begin to show any real signs of reciprocating.

Parodied somewhat if you choose to send Professor Potsdam a romantic valentine on Valentine's Day. The way she turns you down implies that she's only doing it because she doesn't want students thinking they can buy favors.: Damien. Donald to a lesser extent.: Possible if you were on Virginia's path and then accepted a date with Damien.: Damien and the protagonist, in his worst ending.

The heroine becomes a bizarre magic eating vampire, but Damien realizes he genuinely does care for her and chooses to bring her along to search for a cure - and take their revenge on the world.: Damien kind of loses it for a while after his feelings for the protagonist make him unable to go through with his evil scheme.: Happens very late into Damien's path if you try to appeal to Potsdam to let him back in for the May Ball. She not only refuses but very gently chews you out for even asking, pointing out that what he did might have been technically legal, but he still nearly killed you and he'd be expelled for that alone even if his deed isn't on the books as being expulsion-worthy (and if it isn't, she'll add it). On top of that, you realize - too late - that you just got told off in front of the entire school, and Virginia and Ellen very quickly find out. They are not happy to hear that you're even talking with Damien again after what he did to you, and refuse to listen to any justifications. They even kick you out of the room for good, only letting you back at night so you can sleep and their very justified fury carries all the way into the final exam - which they will deliberately throw unless you promise to break up with him right then and there. And breaking that promise deprives you of your magic - refusing to make it at all means that your entire Hall is so disgusted with you that the only option for you is to be moved to Snake Hall.

'Perhaps the girls there will be more understanding of your choices.' . You can get this from Minnie too if you successfully campaigned for Treasurer and try to cast Empathy on her when she comes to you with a problem. Turns out that doing that kind of thing is considered a bit rude in magical culture.

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If you completely foul up an exam, Grabiner will pointedly ask just what the hell you thought you were doing, and remind you that the professors won't always be there to save your hide. If you try to use magic to rig the claw machine at the mall, you'll get a lecture from Potsdam, along with some demerits.: When trying to find a loophole in a, nobody thinks to ask for help. It's first mentioned to her after a solution is worked out, and she (of course) saw it instantly.: If you have any remaining personal issues with your roommates going into the final exam, you can instantly fail unless you're able to hash things out then and there.Tropes exclusive to Wolf Hall:.: Wolf Hall takes place in an alternate timeline to Horse Hall. Whatever happened in the first game does not affect the plot outside of minor.: The art has improved drastically between the two games. Compare Damien in, and Damien in ◊.: The protagonist is only in the country for a single year, meaning that most relationships will have to end. Though the main routes tend to carry on correspondence with the possibility of meeting again later, and William's romantic ending defies this completely.: If Pastel recognises the protagonist, she uses that information to blackmail him into a, albeit a very chaste one that mostly involves paying attention to her and carrying her shopping.: A normally discredited trope justified by modern technology being forbidden on campus.

The protagonist receives a threatening one from Kyo at his door in Minnie's route, warning him to stay away from Pastel after he's been spotted at the mall with her.: Musette, who was originally thought to have only been expelled, is eventually revealed to have died before the game began.: The protagonist, if he follows Damien's route all the way to the end. The only way to get Damien's ending is to decide to be just as evil as he is and play with people's lives for fun.: Zig-zagged. The protagonist is aware that Damien is one of these, and that he will lie and charm and then betray anyone he dates. The protagonist therefore has the option to do this back to Damien, pretending to be innocently fascinated by Damien in order to lure him in. This may turn into a case of on the protagonist's part. But not on Damien's.: For players who've played both games.

The presence of the Wolf Hall protagonist forces William to choose him as his freshman during initiation. Which means he doesn't choose Ellen. Which leaves her to be selected by Damien and end up going through much of Mary Sue's plotline from Horse Hall.: Musette has very spotty memories of their life, which frustrates Ellen to no end.