Sielulintu Girls' Conservatory

Sielulintu Girls' Conservatory (シエルリント女学薗) is a Garden in Kamakura, Japan. It is one of the "Big Five Gardens" of Kamakura.

Location
Sielulintu is located in far southern Yokohama, in the Kanazawa Bunko area, known for its art museum that was once the first organized library in medieval Japan (in the real world, few of the books remain.) The entire city of Yokohama is within its national defense area.

Overview
"To the lamb, the guidance of the maleficarum; to the hungry wolf, the malleus of the Black Cruciform… Know that before the reckoning of the guns of Sielulintu, ye Huge be as poppets!"

Sielulintu's culture differs greatly from that of other Gardens. Its Lilies wear black gothic-lolita uniforms, profess themselves to be witches, and use pseudonyms based on flowers or gemstones. They choose these pseudonyms themselves ; for example, the student council president goes by the name Houraigyoku (meaning "Jewel of Penglai" ). Futagawa Fumi claims that there are no exceptions to these general mannerisms, though many Lilies from Sielulintu are remarkably skilled warriors despite this.

It's rumored that those affiliated with Sielulintu hold even everyday conversations in a way that is "practically alien to laypeople ." Every Lily is required to have a wide variety of occult paraphernalia, which is made available to them by the Garden.

Sielulintu's legions are called "covens". Lilies can form legions only with other Lilies in the same school year, subject to instructor approval. Upon "entering into a compact of allegiance" (becoming legion members with one another), Lilies reveal their true names to each other.

Sielulintu has many Madecs, who assist with fighting weaker Huge and ensuring the safety of civilians throughout the Yokohama area. It also has an Arsenal department. Its library, the Bibliotheca, is considered the finest in the world for Magi-related subjects, and Sielulintu Arsenals research not only CHARMs, but fundamental topics such as crystal cores and the relationship between Magi and the Huge.

Sielulintu is operated by the Finland-based CHARM manufacturer Linnunrata Electronics, and many of its Lilies use CHARMs made by Linnunrata. Its mythological basis is that of Finnish myth.

Among pro-GEHENA gardens, Sielulintu is well-known to play a leading role, and is considered one of the most radical pro-GEHENA factions. It is unusual in that it's had relatively few of the disturbing incidents characteristic of GEHENA research.

Trivia

 * Sielulintu means "soul bird" in Finnish. In Finnish mythology, the Sielulintu are believed to bring souls to children when they are born, and take them away from the dead. They travel along the Milky Way, known as the Linnunrata (meaning "path of birds".)
 * Many Lilies enroll in Sielulintu because they like the uniform.
 * If you attend the Sielulintu school orientation, which is open to the public, you'll get a commemorative pocket watch.
 * In contrast to most Japanese Gardens, which are overseen by the Ministry of Defense, Sielulintu is under the jurisdiction of MEXT