Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy is the most prestigious magic school for wizards in Gedonelune Kingdom. All Mystery Series (seasons) stories take place in it.[1]
Overview
From In-game glossary:
"An academic institution established by the Three Mages, who were ordered by the First King to train new wizards. The academy is said to be the most competitive to get enrolled. The headmaster is Randolph, the great wizard. Students, who have potentials to be wizards, are selected from applicants and receive 'provisional' Acceptance Letters to the academy. Within 13 days of trial period, the Scale of Judgement determines if each student is eligible to attend the academy. About 1,000 students in their teens to 20's are attending at this boarding academy."[2]
In Gray's route, it's mentioned by the First King (or Founder King as he's referred in this route) that he wanted to create a Magical Academy because he wished to train young wizards and wizardesses to protect Gedonelune until the end of time.
Academics
A classroom
The official academy curriculum contains the classes of Astronomy, Barrier Magic, Contracting Magic, History of Wizardry, Magical Creature Ecology/Biology, Magic Potion Pharmaceuticals, and Medical Magic. [3] Some of the topics mentioned in those and other classes include: Magical Theory, Magic Spells, Magical Tools, Magical Cooking, Magical Creatures, Physical Education, Plants, Geography, Geometry, etc. Lessons are given both in and out of the classrooms, always hosted by a staff member.
It is implied in Azusa's route that the Academy also teaches students who have passed their Trial to fly on a broom.[4]
Staff
The academy staff is composed of a single headmaster (who is responsible for the academy and able to give classes), and teachers (supplementary teachers included). Apart from the main staff, the academy is also composed of elected students called "Prefects," that help the academy, do chores and lecture in classes, alongside their Assistant and Deputy Prefects.
| Occupation | Names |
|---|---|
| Headmasters | Randolph (Season 1 to 5), Willem V Rembrandt (Season 6 and 7), Conrad Schuyler (Season 8 forward) |
| Teachers | Randolph (Season 1 to 5), Conrad Schuyler, Loran Merkulova |
| Supplementary Teachers | Vincent Knight (Seasons 3 to 4), Glenn Qing and Saella (Season 4), Hisoka Hagakure (Season 8). |
| Prefects | Day Class: Klaus Goldstein (Seasons 1 to 5), Alfonse Goldstein, Caesar Raphael, and Liz Hart (MC) (Season 6 forward); Elias Goldstein and Yukiya Reizen (Season 9 forward); Ted and Lars Lagrene (Light's route).
Night Class: Zeus Brundle (Season 6 forward) and Hiro Tachibana (his route forward), Lucious Duller (Season 9 forward); Clive Lagrene, Gray, and Light Fildora (Light's route). |
| Prefect Assistants | Day Class: Randy March (Season 2), Sigurd Curtis (Season 5)
Night Class: Hiro Tachibana (Zeus and Klaus' routes). |
| Deputy Prefects | Day Class: Elias Goldstein and Yukiya Reizen (Season 7 and 8); Luca Orlem and Joel Crawford (Season 9 forward);
Night Class: Lucious Duller (Season 8). |
Class System
For lessons, Gedonelune Academy's students are divided based on their magical abilities and powers. Day Class students are separated into four different classes: Potestas, those with strong magic and emphasized power; Vir Ingenious (also called: Will Ingenious), for those with rare abilities like spellsinging; Fortitudo; and Serpenteer (also called: Sapientia). The Night Class was a secret until the sixth season, when new headmaster Rembrandt decided to make it public for the Academy. It accepts students with skills in dark magic. They are also more knowledgeable regarding combat compared to the day class, the reason being they hold a lot of practical lessons.
In Lucas' route, he mentions that students are place into different classes based on scattering different levels of magical ability into different classes, rather than age.
| Mentioned students' classes* | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day Class | Fortitudo: | Liz (MC), Elias, Luca, Yukiya, Klaus, Randy, Vincent (visiting student), Cerim, Leon (in his route and Cerim's), Ted. |
| Potestas: | Amelia, Guy, Leslie, Lars. | |
| Vir Ingeniosus (Will Ingenious): | Joel, Sigurd, and Leon (in Alfonse's route). | |
| Serpenteer (Sapientia): | Scarlett and Augustus. | |
| Night Class | Zeus, Hiro, Lucious, Nox, Rex, Gray, Clive, Viggo, Light. | |
*Not all students had their class mentioned.
In Joel's route. Amelia mentions the names of the classes (She says Sapientia for Serpenteer), and then she mentions that each of the four classes is split into elementary, intermediary, and advanced grades, and you can normally guess a student's grade by their age, but skipping a grade isn't unheard of. In Lucas' route, Lucas mentions that the youngest student would be around 10, with the oldest being around mid-twenties.
Student Exchange Program
When applying to this program, students can come and go to other schools to study, including international academies in other countries/kingdoms. Students known to have participated in this exchange are Azusa (all seasons), Amelia, Scarlett and Augustus (in Hugo's route).
Grading
The students grades are controlled by 3 Magical Tools:[5]
- Acceptance Letter: paper for permanent and provisional students, in the 13 days trial;
- Scale of Judgement: to judge students grades and trial ending;
- Gedonelune Academy's Badge: can connect two students grade in the buddy system.
Buddy System
Academy Badge/School Emblem
From Luca's route: “In essence, the Buddy system refers to a pair of students who have their partner, otherwise known as a Buddy, randomly picked out for them.” “The school emblem will react and choose to pair two students who have a possibility of having a good influence on each other.” “The two students that are chosen to be Buddies have their fates entwined.” “Grades, evaluations, and what not will worsen for the other person if one of you [the Buddies] does poorly.”
Very few students are picked for buddies, being the academy itself that chooses them, and the link cannot be undone- not even by the headmaster.[6]
The buddies seen so far were:
- Liz Hart with the romanceable character (All boys from seasons 1 to 5; Gray and Ted).
- Randy March and Serge Durandal (Season 2).
Graduation
So far no specification was said about the grading process to this. The few students mentioned as graduated are: Klaus, Randy, Sigurd, Nox, and Rex.
Uniform
Journal from Luca's route
Originally modeled after the uniform of the knights wizards of Gedonelune's royal family. The academy uniform have a military style, with a blazer, vest, and cloak.[7] As the academy is not very strict with how the uniform must be worn, not all parts of the uniforms are used by the students.[8] Some students also style parts of it, mostly in waistcoat and shoes, but there is no confirmation to some of those divergences being variations of the official uniform or just style added by the students themselves. At the dorms and days without classes, students are shown not using the uniforms.
Below is presented only the uniforms confirmed as completely official, without any addition of style by the students.
First Version
First uniform
Made approximately two thousand years ago, the first uniform was mostly white with details of blue, gold, etc, and consist of a coat, jacket, waistcoat, shirt, pants, and social shoes. The coat is blue inside and white outside. There was no girl's first uniform shown so far.
Now Days
Now Days - Common Uniform
Day Class:
Common: Mostly shades of blue with details in gold and red, it consist of a white shirt, white waistcoat, blue coat, jacket, boots, and pants (or white skirt).
Prefect and Common uniforms
Prefect: From seasons 1 to 5 the Boys' prefect uniform is similar to the common uniform but with small details in the jacket and a black coat instead of blue. From Season 6 forward the uniform consist of a gray shirt, white jacket and coat, gray skirt/pants and black belt with gold buckle.
In the common and prefect uniforms, the same design is used for both girls and boys, the only differences being skirt vs. pants or tie vs. bow.
Night Class: Mostly black with details in blue and silver, it consists of a white shirt, black coat, robe/cloak, pants, boots and belt. The coat is blue inside and black outside. So far there is no specification about the Night Class prefect uniform.
Campus and Facilities
The academy stays in Gedonelune Kingdom and is said to be "a towering castle above the trees on the other side of a spring" with three buildings standing out: the main building, the girls' dorm, and the boys' dorm, both of which located in the same area.[9]
Auditorium
The auditorium was described to be a cavernous huge hall with a high domed ceiling, an altar, and structure like a cathedral.
Academy events and ceremonies usually take place there, for all students of the academy seem to fit inside.
On top of the altar is the Scale of Judgement, a magical scale which determines if provisional students are eligible to officially enroll the academy on the final day of their trial period.[9]
Inside the auditorium has the ballroom where they hold dances or certain holidays such as Christmas and Lovers Day. It has seven doors inside the ballroom and no one ever went inside the doors before.
Botanical Garden
The botanical garden is located on the east side of the campus of the academy and is the place where students pass through on the way between the dormitories and the main building for classes.
All sorts of plants and flowers are in full bloom throughout the year, and it has become a place for relaxation and refreshment for many students.
Dormitories
There are two dormitories on Gedonelune Academy. Each dormitory door was imbued with magic so that only girls could enter the girls' dorm and boys at the boys' dorm, with the exception of the dorm mother. Both buildings are quite similar on the outside and inside at the main hall. A copy of the dormitory rules are available at each desk inside the dorms rooms.[9]
At the Girls Dorm, the main hall contains a large pendulum clock, the rooms have red carpet, salmon walls with navy blue curtains at the windows and floral bedspreads. At the Boys Dorm the rooms are simpler, with white blankets and wood floor with no carpet on.
It's revealed in the Sixth Season that the Night Class also have dormitories, but according to Hiro's explanation, they seem more like apartments than common dormitories. He describes he has to share a bathroom, living room and kitchen with Zeus, but each has his own bedroom. And they can have either boys or girls as visitors at any hour, no restricted curfew. Also, according to Hiro, in his route, the Night Class Students can either make their own meals in their own kitchens, or order some delivery. Liz however kind of complains of how much different the Day and Night Class are, since she has to share her bedroom with her roomie (not that she minds much because she's her best friend) and the bathroom, lobby, dinning room and kitchen are common rooms. And they have strict curfews and boys are not allowed in the girls' dorms and vice versa. [10]
Forests
Dark Forest - Contains the Crystal Cave.
East Forest - From in-game glossary: "An ocean of foliage under a powerful spell, which confuses the people who enter there." This forest contains the Tower of Sorrow "A tower in the deep East Forest. On the top floor, there is the Dragon of Time, which has been petrified." Containing the mausoleum of the Dragon of Time (which is enshrined in the top floor), students are forbidden to go to this forest.[11] In Randy's main route, when Headmaster Randolph is giving a lecture on History of Magic, he decides to focus in Gedonelune's foundation. He mentions that "The Tower of Sorrow, guarded by the Three Mages, is located deep in the East Forest, [which] has been enchanted by the Three Mages to confuse and misdirect people who have stepped in there. So [no one] can go to the Tower of Sorrow that easily. If [someone] does step in, [they] may be dragged in by the strong magical power." The east forest also has a cave in it somewhere which is where they fight Draco at in Elias's sequel.
About the Tower of Sorrow, former Headmaster Randolph mentioned in Gray's route: "When the dragon [referring to the Dragon of Time] had turned to stone, the First King created the Tower of Sorrow to enshrine him [...]". Randolph mentions that after the dragon fell, the First King lost his zest for life and visited the Tower of Sorrow very often. Randolph also believes that the First King created the Tower of Memories afterwards. And according to the reference from the Ministry, the Tower of Memories was built around the same time as the Tower of Sorrow. When Liz and Gray visit the past, they hear the First King talking to the petrified dragon and saying that he was going to create a twin tower to the Tower of Sorrow called the Tower of Memories. This tower is to keep all the memories of Gedonelune in physical form (referring to the vials), thus making sure that no one forgets about the Dragon of Time, because he believed that to truly die is to be forgotten. He also decides to appoint someone to guard the Tower and the memories. He decides to call him Memorio and then he starts to cast a spell and Gray was created. The First King gives him the task to archive and protect all the memories of Gedonelune.
The Northern Forest Valley - From in-game glossary: "A calm beautiful forest unlike the East Forest."[11]
Greenhouse
The academy greenhouse was described to be encased in a transparent crystal glass, with benches and green leaves in every last corner. Humid and warm inside, it grows all sorts of exotic and rare magical plants, which fill the room with a sweet aroma. At night the strong, flowery scent in the air is replaced by a fruity smell of citrus.
The greenhouse magic door was described as "He" and is able to speak and sleep. Under the headmaster’s magic the door is in charge of locking the greenhouse at nightfall and to open again at seven in the morning.[12] In Klaus's main route, Klaus tells the MC about a girl ghost who is said to come into the greenhouse during night time only.
Headmaster's Office/Room
From in-game Glossary:
"An office room for the headmaster. It is said that a female ghost appears there at night."[11]
This office/room its where the Headmasters works. It has a dragon statue in the background, a desk with a glowing lamp and portraits of possibly the previous headmasters, as well as plants framed under the portraits. Apparently it also has a fireplace. When Rembrandt becomes the new headmaster, he reveals he has a private spiral staircase storage room underneath the office where he keeps a lot of personal items.
Library
From in-game Glossary:
"Containing a huge collection of books; the chances of meeting Elias here are high."[11]
There are many books in the library, and there is a restricted section that only Prefects have access to.
Main Building
The main building is where classes take place inside and outside at the front garden. Inside the main building it also stays the Headmaster Office, the Prefect Office, professors and guest rooms and others facilities. The Main Building is directly connected with the academy Auditorium, Botanical Garden and Green House.
Night Cafe
It's revealed in Season 6 that there is a cafe/pub where the students of the Night Class tend to hang out. One of the peculiarities that it has is that it can conjurer up whatever you wanted to drink in your imagination, whether it's alcoholic or not. It's supposed to be a relaxing area for all Night Class students can have a rest, but Liz notes that it's mainly under Zeus' control.
Underground Labyrinth
It's said to be a cursed labyrinth created by the Daylight King to trap Lucious, the prince of his enemy kingdom. It's also mentioned that it resembles the Daylight Kingdom and it was constructed by The House of Baroque Court Wizards. According to Headmaster Rembrandt, the Star Sapphire was used to make the underground labyrinth. It's said that all who enter the labyrinth are doomed to wander there for all eternity as it's a magic place where time stops and it's a trap built for no one to find the exit ever. The only way to get in and out of there is through special objects that have guiding magic, such as Zeus and Hiro's earrings. The labyrinth is so wide and huge that there are other location within it such as a Graveyard, the Lake of Insanity (where the Armor Breaker was found by Hiro), a train station (the entrance to the labyrinth), a castle (where Lucious spends most of his time), and even some underground caves where apparently sleeps the Raging Wizardess. In Season 6, Zeus' route it's mentioned that it also had a guardian, the Minotaur, and Prince Lucious had to runaway for a very long time until in the same route, the prefects fight and destroy the beast, freeing Lucious, at least of one of the labyrinth's danger.
Rules
Only students and staff members can enter the Academy.[13] Students are only allowed to leave the academy's ground on lesson days with permission given by a staff member, be it for exchange student program, work or personal reason. Some places in the academy are forbidden to visit like the Dark Forest, and Day Class students must obey curfew. As Prefects are part of the academy's staff they are allowed to move freely. When first arriving, the students also receive a folder with the academy's rules, in their room desk.[14][15][16]
No animal nor magical creature can be brought in the academy campus, but when informing the housemother, she gives an application form regarding familiars. After applying, the student gets permission to keep and carry the familiars specified.[17]
Trivia
Love Tangle's Love Spell screenshot
- In Love Tangle's Love Spell event, its said that buddies are chosen by a glowing orb that stays in the center of the headmaster office. This, however, was never confirmed in-game.
- In the academy map given by the Acceptance Letter none of the buildings had their name written on it.[9]
- In The Performing Festival event spin-off, a play was performed by Gedonelune students and told the tale of how Gedonelune Kingdom was founded.[18]
- In Light up the Sky spin-off, it mentions that the Academy has a sister school in the port town, Woowick.
- Due to the labyrinth where Lucious was captured is in the Academy and it's mentioned this labyrinth was an exact copy of the Daylight Kingdom. Is presumed that the Daylight Kingdom is the land where the Dragon of Time and the First King built the Gedonelune Kingdom.
- In Joel's route, Joel mentions that because he had lost his magic all of the sudden, the Headmaster had given him some time to find an explanation or "a cure" to it, but it was mentioned that if he didn't, then he would be leaving the Academy, giving the idea that non-magical people couldn't study in the Academy. However, in Lars' route, Lars mentions that he doesn't have magical powers, and when Liz asks Headmaster Schuyler on how Lars was accepted, the headmaster replies that although the school has the word "Magic" in the name, it's open for anyone who wants to learn "magic" or about wizardry theory and history, then they're welcome to enter.
- In Elias' route, Professor Merkulova gives some advice to Liz about what happens in the School. According to what he says to Liz, Professor Schuyler patrols the school once every three hours after midnight. And apparently in between, there are three Chariots patrolling the gorunds. The Chariots are some tarot cards that have been enchated and given form in reality, and also they have powerful magic cast on them, and when they sense sounds or outsider's temperatures, they seek and destroy that 'enemy'. However, there's a way to fool them: If they hear a single sound, they chase after it, and they don't chase anything else.
- In Lucas' route, he explains to Liz that long term vacations is forbidden as a general rule.
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