Belvoire Academia

*This page is for **Belvoire Academia**, the school. For the country in Astraea, see Belvoire.*

"The school opened in 1958, although it's relatively new, a lot of things happened within the castle walls. Warlocks are to be blamed for that." - Indirah to Kellan about the founding of **Belvoire** in *II: The High Priestess*.

## General Information

### Other Name(s)

Belvoire, Belvoire Academia/Academy, Belvoire Castle

### Motto

"Astra inclinant, sed non obligant" (t: "The stars incline us, they do not bind us")

### Houses

Ignis
Aqua
Ventus
Terra

## Production Information

### Created by

Kath Aguinaldo
Austin Dy

### Inspiration(s)

Silverfall Institute
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

**Belvoire Academia of the Arcane**, often shortened to **Belvoire**, **Belvoire Academia**, or **Belvoire Academy**, is Astraea's first and only school made for mages. The academy can be attended by mages of any blood status, although during the events of The Arcana, the school isn't exclusive to Warlocks as they're forbidden to enroll. As Indirah Alnazar mentions in *Chapter II: The High Priestess*, Belvoire was established and founded in 1958, most likely by Aerith Xalvador when she was only 18 years old- two years after she first started banishing Warlocks from the mainland of Astraea.

Its' inspiration is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from *Harry Potter*.

## ELEMENTAL HOUSES

*Main article: Elemental Houses*

The school's entire student body is divided into their respective **Elemental Houses** based on their zodiac sign. **House Ignis** houses the fire signs, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, **House Aqua** has the water signs, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, **House Ventus** includes the air signs, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, and **House Terra** consists of the earth signs, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn.

## SUBJECTS

#### **Dark Arts**

Dark Arts has two parts- the execution of actual black magic, and the ways to defend these spells. The black magic is most likely used as a form of "punishment" to those who are deserving. Students learn to defend themselves against all aspects of the Dark Arts. Its professor is Idalia Keegan.

#### **Imperia**

Imperia is under the Charms class, although it's not considered as its elective since Imperia could be dangerous when executed incorrectly. This class is mostly about connecting the caster to a basic element in order to summon and manipulate them by wand or hand movements. Its professor is Professor Thaddeus Aquinas.

#### **Charms**

Charms were a type of spells revolving around giving an object new and unexpected properties- this class is mainly consisted of learning these sorts of spells. Charms classes were described as noisy and chaotic, as the lessons were largely practical. The current Charms professor is Professor Corrine dela Vega.

#### **Divination**

This class is exclusive to card reading for the past, present, and future, especially tarots. Much like how the Imperia classes work, one must connect themselves to an Arcana and listen to their *voices* and to what they *say* and let them be the guide to the correct path and help the caster look for answers. Dunstan Granville is the Divination professor.

#### **Vortex Training**

The **Volley Vortex** training isn't a core subject, but an elective. Similar to how the real-world sports teams train, Vortex seems to work the same way; students have to pass the tryouts in order to join the team, with their coach being Thaddeus Aquinas.

## KNOWN ST**Λ**FF

*Main article: Belvoire Staff*

* Aerith- founder, previous headmaster (most likely)
* Mythos- current headmaster
* Idalia Keegan (Ignis)- Dark Arts professor
* Thaddeus Aquinas (Aqua)- Imperia professor and Volley Vortex coach
* Corrine dela Vega (Ventus)- Charms professor
* Dunstan Granville (Terra)- Divination professor

## KNOWN STUDENTS

#### **First-Years**

* Kellan Xalvador (house unknown, president)
* Xylon Lozano (House Terra)
* Sapphire Chauvera (House Aqua)
* Izaiah Alnazar (House Ignis)
* Artemus Blackquill (House Ventus)

#### **Third-Year**

* Indirah Alnazar (House Aqua, Cardinal)
* Lucio Damaris (House Cardinal)

## FORMER STUDENTS

* Kieran Xalvador (House Ventus)
* Faeryn Melendez-Xalvador (House Terra)
* Xylon's Father (House Ignis)
* Sigmund Chauvera (House Ventus)
* Sapphire's Mother (unknown house)
* Cygnus Alnazar (House Aqua)
* Agatha Alnazar (House Terra)
* Mythos
* Corrine dela Vega (House Ventus)
* Thaddeus Aquinas (House Aqua)
* Idalia Keegan (House Ignis)

## UNIFORMS

#### **Male**

The male uniform includes a white dress shirt under a black blazer with a necktie tied around the collar. They should wear black slacks that cover their ankles, and the belt around their waist is colored black- they also have a belt buckle to secure it in place. They wear black leather shoes for footwear.

#### **Female**

The female uniform consists of a white blouse under a black blazer about a third shorter than the blouse, with a necktie tied around the collar. The pleated skirt reaches the thighs, adding a loose leather belt around the waist. They can wear any kind of socks or stockings- except fishnet ones. The shoes should be of black leather and no discouraging heel lengths such as 5 inches above.

#### **Notes**

The uniforms' accents of the blazers, buttons, cuff links, and the hemlines of the skirts are all colored white when a student is yet to be sorted into their houses as a first-year. When they're sorted, these linings and accents vary from whichever the student's house is as they could be either red (Ignis), blue (Aqua), purple (Ventus), or green (Terra). The emblems of each student's house is pinned to the left side of their blazer, again, varying different house colors. The background color of the emblem could either be gold, silver, or onyx- gold for the president (Kellan Xalvador, in this case), silver for the Cardinals (Indirah Alnazar and Lucio Damaris), and onyx for the house's members.

## TRIVIAS

* Belvoire's inspirations are **Silverfall Hope Institute** of the **TWICE Songfix series** and the aforementioned Hogwarts.
* There's a possibility that Kellan Xalvador's cousin, **Everlee Melendez**, would be invited by Belvoire to be a first-year student in the future when she turns 17. She'd also most likely going to be sorted into House Ventus, although this is yet to be confirmed.
	+ On December 6th, 2021, the writers confirmed that Everlee would indeed be a student in Belvoire and she'd be a member of House Ventus- this would occur some time after the main story, though.
		- Everlee being a student in Belvoire was edited out in the 2023 version of the story.
* Belvoire is mentioned to look like a castle (the campus building is often called "Belvoire Castle"), and its exterior inspiration is the Miramare Castle in Grignano, Italy. Belvoire's name came from a castle in Switzerland, Belfort Castle (Graubünden).