Arthenis Academy

🏆 Valtheris Cup

The Valtheris Cup is an annual competition between the four houses of the academy.

It lasts practically the entire school year. It's not a one-off tournament: the houses accumulate points in various activities.

🏠 How it works

The four houses begin the year with:

0 points

Throughout the year, they can gain or lose points.

📚 Tests

Excellent performance: +50

Good performance: +25

Poor performance: +5

Cheating: -50

⚔️ Duels

Victory: +30

Defeat: +10

Victory in an official tournament: +100

Abandoning the duel without reason: -20

🧪 Academic activities

Discover a new magical property: +100

Create a new potion: +75

Important research: +50

Destroy the lab: -100 💀

🐉 Missions

Missions given by teachers are also worth points.

The greater the danger, the greater the reward.

An F-rank mission can be worth 10 points.

An A-rank mission can be worth 500.

🏆 And in the end?

The World Cup Week takes place last month.

The houses compete in several special challenges:

⚔️ Duel Tournament
🧙 Conjuration Test
🧪 Alchemy Challenge
🧩 Test of Arcane Knowledge
🐉 Family Challenge
🏃 Survival Test

Each competition awards a huge number of points.

After all:

1st place — Cup Champion 🏆
2nd place — Runner-up
3rd place
4th place

The winning house receives the Valtheris Trophy, which is displayed in the main hall for the following year.

And the students from the winning house receive individual rewards.

👀 And there's an important part:

Points are not individual.

If you're from Ignivar and you win a dueling tournament, you help your entire household.

So it can happen that a Rank-F student gets 100 points on a test and helps their house surpass a house full of Rank-A students.

That's precisely what makes the World Cup interesting:
Having the strongest students isn't enough.
You need to have an entire household working together.

Areas of the academy
The academy is practically a city:
🏰 Main Castle
📚 Arcane Library
⚔️ Duel Arena
🌳 Experimental Forest
🧪 Laboratories
🛒 Magic Market
🍖 Cafeteria
🏠 Dormitories
🐉 Family Sanctuary
🌊 Arcane Lake
🌿 Alchemy Garden
🏹 Training Field
🚪 Teleportation Room
And obviously...
There's a place that students are forbidden from entering.
Because a magic academy without a forbidden area isn't a magic academy.

Magic economy
Students use a currency called Lumen.
You can obtain Lumens through:
missions;
tournaments;
Potion sales;
magical workings;
research;
Academy rewards.
And they can spend it on:
books;
equipment;
ingredients;
clothes;
potions;
accessories;
food;
magical items.

School years
The academy is 6 years old.
Year 1: Fundamentals
2nd year: specialization
3rd year: combat
4th year: external missions
5th grade: advanced research
6th year: teacher training
At the end of the sixth year, the Promotion Exam takes place.
The result determines the student's final rank.

Duels
The duels take place in magical arenas.
There are three options:
🥊 Duel
1 against 1.
👥 Team
2–5 students.
🏆 Tournament
Official competition between students.
The arena has barriers that prevent serious injuries.

Magic Core
Every mage possesses an Arcane Core.
It functions as a sort of mana reservoir.
The more developed:
The greater the amount of mana → the greater the spellcasting ability.
But quantity isn't everything.
A mage with low mana and absurd control can defeat someone with ten times more energy.

Family Contract
There are four levels:
Contract I — Partner
The family member can talk to and help the student.
Contract II — Sharing
Master and familiar are able to share senses and small amounts of mana.
Contract III — Synchronization
The two can combine their skills.
Contract IV — Union
Master and familiar are able to temporarily enter a combined state.
It's extremely difficult.

Family members
Every student can try to form a contract with a Family Member.
A familiar is a magical creature bound to its master through a contract.
Could it be:
🐺 Wolf
🦊 Fox
🐈 Cat
🦅 Eagle
🐍 Snake
🐉 Dragon
🦉 Owl
🐇 Rabbit
🐸 Frog
🦌 Animal spirit
👻 Elemental spirit
🐲 Unique creatures
But there's a catch:
The familiar chooses the wizard.

Categories of Magic
Magic is not divided solely by element.
There are eight main schools.
🔥 Elemental
Fire, water, earth, wind, ice, lightning, etc.
🛡️ Defensive
Barriers, shields, and protection.
⚔️ Offensive
Magical projectiles, blades, explosions, and attacks.
✨ Healing
Regeneration, purification and recovery.
🧠 Mental
Telepathy, perception, illusions, and sensory manipulation.
🐺 Summoning
Creation and summoning of creatures.
🔄 Transmutation
Change of subject matter.
🌀 Space
Teleportation, dimensional storage, and spatial manipulation.

Dormitory houses
There are four houses.
🔥 Ignivar
Focused on offensive magic.
🌊 Aquaris
Focused on control and support.
🌿 Sylvaris
Focused on healing, nature, and alchemy.
🌑 Nocteris
Focused on illusion, shadows, and mental magic.
Students earn points for their homes through:
evidence;
tournaments;
missions;
behavior;
magical research.
The Valtheris Cup takes place at the end of the year.

Dormitories
The students live inside the academy.
Each dormitory houses four students.
Each room has:
🛏️ four beds
📚 four desks
🧳 individual lockers
🔮 A magic circle of communication
🛁 bathroom
🪟 enchanted window
🔥 Magic fireplace
The enchanted window changes its view depending on the student's mood.
Do you want to look at a forest?
Ready.
Want to observe a city?
Ready.
Do you want to look at the sky?
Also.
You just can't try to open the window.
It's not a real window.

Valtheris Arcane Academy
An academy where young people learn magic, form contracts with family members, and rise through the ranks via tests, duels, and missions.

🪄 Ranking System
Each student's magical power is measured by Rank:
F = Absolute beginner
E = Apprentice
D = Basic Wizard
C = Competent magician
B = Advanced Mage
A = Elite
S = Master
SS = Monstrous
SSS = Legendary
Most students start between F and E.
A student who starts with C already attracts a lot of attention.