Clock Tower

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Clock Tower (時鐘塔)
Alias(es)	London Mage Association
Affiliation	Mage's Association
Occupation/Role	London-based center of Magus education, research, administration, and political governance
Status	Active
First Appearance	9

Organization and Facilities

The Clock Tower is based in London and combines an academic institution with the governing structure of the Mage's Association. Its main academic buildings present themselves as a conventional university, while other disciplines operate through affiliated facilities spread across different districts. 58

• Academic departments — Students may audit classes freely; access and rules beyond that are determined by each classroom's owner. 58
• Department of Creation — A major department with extensive alchemical devices and magical barriers. Its lord's private workshop occupies the top floor of its building. 59
• Bureau of Arcane Judgement — Located deep within Spirit Tomb Albion; its Sealing Designation Bureau handles external contact from a more secluded headquarters within the Clock Tower complex. 58
• Astronomical Observatory Kalion — Monitors the surface world and can issue warnings or dispatch combat personnel when threats within the Clock Tower are detected. 58
• Dragon's Heart — The underground site of Crown Order Resolutions, situated within the remains of Albion's heart. The area's concentrated Age of Gods Ether prevents external Magecraft from functioning and keeps deliberations from leaking. 64

Governance and Politics

The Clock Tower is governed by its Lords, who lead academic departments and divide themselves among the Democratic, Aristocratic, and Neutral factions. These factions compete over influence, departmental interests, and inherited magical resources. 65

• Bartholomew Lorelei — Leader of the Clock Tower, head of the Bartholomew family, and Lord of the Law and Politics Department. She presides over Crown Order Resolutions. 65
• Crown Order Resolution — A meeting of the Lords convened to settle major political matters, including departmental succession, factional allocations, and Sealing Designations. 64 66
• Departmental Lords — The Lords collectively oversee the Clock Tower's academic divisions, though their personal and factional interests often outweigh institutional unity. 66
• Preservation of Mystery — The Clock Tower considers exceptional Magecraft worth preserving regardless of its creator's wishes; Touko Aozaki's body-and-soul replication technique was treated as too valuable to lose. 66

Security

The Clock Tower's defenses vary sharply by area. Its educational spaces are comparatively accessible, but important facilities are guarded by specialized Magecraft and institutional surveillance. 58 59

• A Suggestion Magecraft barrier conceals the wider Clock Tower district. 58
• Entering the complex does not immediately trigger an alarm for a Sealing Designation target, though Kalion will eventually detect the intrusion and organize a response. 58
• The Department of Creation's defenses include pervasive barriers and alchemical devices capable of restraining ordinary intruders. 59
• The Dragon's Heart is hazardous to insufficiently powerful modern Magi because of its high Ether concentration. 65

History

Touko Aozaki's Enrollment

In 1987, Touko Aozaki arrived in London to study at the Clock Tower. Her talent quickly made her a star student, and Inorai Valualeta Atroholm, the monarch of the Department of Creation, became her mentor. 9

Within two years, Touko attained the Grand Order title through her doll-making research, creating a replacement body capable of receiving her consciousness without loss. Her additional work in modern Rune Magecraft and doll magecraft established her as one of the Clock Tower's foremost young geniuses. 11

Her research also made her a target for Sealing Designation. After assassinating Cornelius Alba and arranging for Kiritsugu Emiya to be suspected, Touko fled the Clock Tower before it could secure her. 11

Aozaki Sisters' Infiltration

Aoko and Touko later returned to London to confront the Department of Creation and resolve Touko's Sealing Designation. They entered the Clock Tower openly, visited the El-Melloi Classroom, and proceeded toward the Department of Creation. 58 59

Aoko confronted the department's lord after being told that the Sealing Designation could not be revoked directly by a Lord. She instead demanded that the Bureau of Arcane Judgement seal the lord in return. 61

Department of Creation Crisis

The conflict devastated roughly one-third of the Department of Creation's academic buildings and resulted in the death of its lord, Baru-Yeleta. The attack destabilized the Clock Tower's political balance and forced its factions to compete over the department's vacant interests. 64

The Clock Tower considered either locking down London or quietly locating and negotiating with the Aozaki sisters. The latter was deemed more practical, as open retaliation risked further damage and the factional gains from Baru-Yeleta's fall were substantial. 62

Crown Order Resolution

The Crown Order Resolution redistributed Baru-Yeleta's vacant Curse Body quota:

Faction	Allocated quota
Democratic Faction	50%
Neutral Faction	30%
Aristocratic Faction	20%

Magdarniel Tranceberio Elrod was appointed temporary Lord of the Department of Creation. The Resolution also granted Aoko the title of “Blue” among the Three Primary Colors and revoked Touko's Sealing Designation. 66

Botany Department Secession

Meydel Acherlot, the Clock Tower's Botany Department monarch and the Witch of Coal, later publicly seceded from the Mage's Association and allied herself with Alice Kuonji. Her departure stirred unrest among British Magi and weakened the Clock Tower's standing further. 1043