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[INDENT][INDENT]Situated along the Eastern Coast of the United States between Hampton and Portsmouth, Hemlock Hollow is a small New Hampshire city originally founded in the year of 1652, shortly before the infamous Witch Trials. Settled in the fertile Orlaith Valley, the city is home to a largely rural area, boasting a very fruitful agricultural industry, with the city's largest export being its bountiful apple crop. Beyond the valley lies densely populated forests of oak, maple and cherry trees which contributes to several lumber mills in the area that provide a secondary industry to the city. A notoriously quiet city, Hemlock Hollow has rarely seen a spike in crime although rates have been on a steady rise of recent months. Nothing however has been serious enough to prompt an immediate response from the city's police department or mayoral office.

With summer coming to an end, school is around the corner for many of hamlet's youth. The majority of these students will be attending Eastern Hemlock Secondary School, the largest secondary school in the city which collects the graduates from several of the city's more populated elementary schools. Eastern Hemlock is one of the oldest buildings in all of Hemlock Hollow, originally operating as the town's original courthouse 1654, before being transformed into a county jail for a period of spanning from 1802 until nearly 1869 when a fire brought down part of the building and unleashed numerous escapees on the city proper. Opting not to rebuild a jail in the middle of the city, the build sat empty for nearly thirty years until a young architect wanting to make a name for himself opted to propose the building be revitalized and renewed as a school. In 1902, the school opened its doors under the original name of Mather Memorial Highschool before being rechristened as Eastern Hemlock Secondary School in the late nineties. 

Due to the long-standing history of the school, it comes as no surprise that many of the locals consider the building to be haunted. One of the most prominent local urban legends says that the large oak standing in the school's front courtyard was the very tree used to hang woman found to be witches during the trials. 

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