Elemental Houses

## OFFICI**Λ**L DESCRIPTION

### House Colors

Red and gold (Ignis), light blue and silver (Aqua), purple and silver (Ventus), green and gold (Terra)

### Heads

Idalia Keegan (Ignis), Thaddeus Aquinas (Aqua), Corrine dela Vega (Ventus), Dunstan Granville (Terra)

### Mystics

Unnamed Mystic- vice-president (Ignis), Indirah Alnazar- secretary (Aqua), unnamed Mystic- treasurer (Ventus), Lucio Damaris- enforcer (Terra)

In The Arcana, The Belvoire Academia of the Arcane is divided into four **Elemental Houses**: Ignis, Aqua, Ventus, and Terra. Houses at Belvoire were both the living and learning communities for its students. Each year's group of students in the same house shares the same dormitory and many classes (depending which year level they are). The houses compete throughout the school year, by earning and losing points for behaviour, and the house with the most points wins at the end of each school year.

Each house also has its own Volley Vortex team that competes, and two competitions breed rivalries between the houses; the greatest of which is that between Ignis and Aqua.

## THE FOUR HOUSES

#### **Ignis**

The first house founded was **Ignis**, a house for all students born under the zodiac signs **Aries**, **Leo**, and **Sagittarius**- which helps explain the zodiacs' passionate nature and over-the-top enthusiasm. Representing the element **fire**, House Ignis has won a lot of challenges and games in varsity cups, and is known to be the very competitive one out of all three houses. Fire is a symbol of creation, energy, and vitality. According to Ancient Symbols, fire is considered to be the first element that was born when the universe was created. Students born under the fire sign are active, competitive, and highly passionate- on the flip side of that though, they can also be impatient and quick-tempered. Izaiah Alnazar is a known Ignis student. Professor Idalia Keegan is also a member of this house.

#### **Aqua**

Water rules **Cancer**, **Scorpio**, and **Pisces**, which can explain each of the highly intuitive nature and mysterious demeanor of these signs. **Water** is a symbol of emotion, dreams, healing, intuition, and the universal realm. According to Ancient Symbols, it also represents death and rebirth. Almost always trailing behind Ignis, House Aqua has been dubbed the little sister of the said house. They're known for doing things their own way and doesn't let anyone boss them. Students in House Aqua are naturally perceptive of their surroundings. On the opposite end of the spectrum, they can be moody and hypersensitive. Indirah Alnazar and Sapphire Chauvera are members of this house, with the former being the house's secretary Mystic. Professor Thaddeus Aquinas is the professor from House Aqua.

#### **Ventus**

Everyone from House Ventus are partiers and the friendliest of the bunch, which is why the students in this air represented house are **Geminis**, **Libras**, and **Aquariuses**. With their energetic and eccentric personalities, they're known to have the most friends out of the houses. **Air** is a symbol of communication, intelligence, and versatility, so that explains their charming social skills. Students in this house prefer thinking logically rather than emotionally, and at the same time, they can be incredibly indecisive and fickle by nature. Because they thrive in social situations, they can honor that part of themselves by seeking meaningful connections with others. Known Ventus students would be Artemus Blackquill, and Everlee Melendez. Professor Corrine dela Vega is Ventus' professor.

#### **Terra**

Representing the **earth** element, Terra houses the students born under the signs **Capricorn**, **Taurus**, and **Virgo**- which explains the innate persistence and practicality that is central to these signs. They're considered as the smartest people in the academia, and their intelligence often clash with each other, making them fall on the fourth place. Earth is a symbol of abundance, stability, and solidity. Students here are dependable and realistic, though on the dark side, they can be inflexible and stubborn. They also have a tendency to get stuck in bad behaviors, but this could be fixed by engaging in different activities so they don't fall into laziness. Xylon Lozano and Lucio Damaris are members of House Terra, with Lucio being Terra's enforcer Mystic. Professor Dunstan Granville belongs in Terra.