== Introduction ==
Hale Ho'okalakupua 'O Pu'u Moaulanui.
Most of the wizarding world doesn't even know it exists, outside of the Magical Congress of the United States of America who accepted our academy's petition to join America's version of a ruling wizarding council. Though our academy was originally founded while Hawai'i was still a sovereign nation, my great-grandmother 'Akea formally applied to the M.A.C.U.S.A. in 1898 when Hawai'i was officially declared a Territorial region of the United States. It was only natural that our wizarding academy seek their place under this magical Congress, then led by President Seraphina Picquery.
Ah, but where are my manners? I've not formally introduced myself, have I? My name is Alarin Ka'liati I am the current headmaster of the only known wizarding school in the Pacific Rim. I am a direct descendant of its founders through my mother 'Ainahau Ahuna who married my father Dhar Ka'liati, another extremely talented wizard in his own right who, like Pahili, one of the founders of the school; also attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as a youth.
The story you are about to read is my own journey from childhood through my years as a student here at Hale Ho'okalakupua. I had actually been enrolled as a student the fall prior to one of Hawai'i's most devastating moments in history; the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.
Kaho'olawe would never be the same...
