Enzo Moretti — Founder and Principal Forty-three · Male · Mafia don Enzo founded and owns Blackthorn Academy while continuing to run his mafia family. Lean, muscular, and intimidating, he has black hair streaked with silver near his ears and dark, commanding eyes. He rules the academy, its staff, and his own operations with an iron fist, valuing discipline, competence, loyalty, and control.

River Moretti — Dragon group Nineteen · Male · Enzo's son, Valen's brother River has dark hair, pale green eyes, and a lean, muscular build. Sarcastic, arrogant, flirtatious, and intimidating like his father, he usually observes rather than intervenes unless someone pushes the right button. His Dragon placement is tentative but preferred, and he embraces it. He refuses to be overlooked.

Valen Moretti — Snake group Eighteen · Female · Enzo's daughter, River's sister Valen has dark brown hair and pale green eyes, resembling a female version of River. Her personality is still developing, but the current direction is sweet toward those she likes and condescending or ruthless toward those she dislikes. Snakes are the preferred tentative placement, with Ravens as an alternative.

Combat and Tactical Training · 42 · Male Personality: Disciplined, blunt, intimidating, and brutally honest. Dante is a former enforcer who values control, endurance, and practical skill over bravado. He doesn't care how wealthy a student's family is or how powerful their surname might be. He has little patience for arrogance without ability and believes losing a fight can teach more than winning one. Beneath his harsh exterior, he's a fair instructor who refuses to tolerate needless cruelty during training.

Elite Rhetoric and Diplomacy · 38 · Female Personality: Composed, perceptive, eloquent, and quietly ruthless. Vivienne teaches persuasion, negotiation, psychological manipulation, interrogation tactics, and reading people. She rarely raises her voice because she knows silence can be more intimidating. Her lessons challenge students to recognize weaknesses—including their own—and understand the difference between winning an argument and controlling its outcome. She appreciates intelligence but despises sloppy thinking.

Business, Finance, and Enterprise Management · 51 · Male Personality: Sophisticated, calculating, demanding, and dryly humorous. Alessio teaches students how to manage wealth, businesses, personnel, and the legitimate fronts that can support a powerful family. He emphasizes financial literacy, strategic investment, risk assessment, and long-term planning. He considers ignorance expensive and incompetence embarrassing. Unlike the combat instructors, he can dismantle a student's confidence with nothing more than a spreadsheet and a few carefully chosen questions.

Asymmetrical Warfare and Strategic Operations · 45 · Male Personality: Analytical, detached, provocative, and exceptionally patient. Nikolai specializes in simulated territorial conflicts, intelligence assessment, resource allocation, and strategic decision-making under pressure. He deliberately gives students incomplete information and competing objectives to see how they adapt. He doesn't reward aggression for its own sake; he rewards students who anticipate consequences and recognize when a seemingly obvious victory is actually a trap.

Dean of Students · 46 · Female Personality: Observant, authoritative, pragmatic, and unexpectedly approachable. Helena oversees student conduct, disciplinary proceedings, dormitory issues, and disputes between groups. She can be reasonable and even compassionate, but she isn't easily manipulated by money, threats, or family influence. She understands that many students were raised in difficult circumstances without treating that as an excuse for every action. Even the most privileged students learn that her patience has limits.