<div align="center">(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LuqyZnQwIXc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAs/nCP1h33eHnM/s265-c-k-no/photo.jpg)</div><br/><em>Hello and welcome to Beacon. My name is Glynda Goodwitch. You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world.</em><br/><br/>-Glynda Goodwitch<br/><br/>A new year begins as groups of hopeful future Hunters and Huntresses arrive at the prestigious Beacon Academy.  The airships soar majestically over the city of Vale in the midday sun, ferrying their passengers towards their new home.  Many trained at the various schools in Vale, studying and practicing vigorously in order to meet the strict entrance requirements.  Others come from far and wide, having trained in the nations of Vacuo, Mistral, or Atlas.  Why did they choose to attend an Academy in another nation?  Each has their own reason, as unique as their names and styles.  Finally, a rare few have entered without attending another school, their own experience, training, and ability earning their entry.<br/><br/>No matter where they come from, all of the students arrive in Vale to be picked up and shepherded up to Beacon.  Now, as the airships dock and begin to open, the students are able to mingle for the first time as they step out onto the dock and look at the wide avenue leading to the Academy.<br/><br/><em>All first year students, please collect your belongings and proceed through the main entrance and to the Assembly Hall.  Repeat, all first year students, please collect your belongings and proceed through the main entrance and to the Assembly Hall.</em>The flurry begins as students move to and fro, gathering their things and making their way towards the large structure in the distance.  More airships are still sailing the skies towards the Academy, the assembly will not be for some time yet.