Vargrend Academy

The Vargrend Academy for girls, along with its counterpart Bristol Academy for boys, was one of the most prestigious finishing schools in the Kingdom of Clairmont. Both academies were located in the Bristol Manor, although in different wings. They also shared the library (the Alistair Vargrend Memorial Library) and the dining facilities.

The enclosed school grounds on the girls side facilitated walks, with open area interrupted by bushes, flowers, hedges and trees. It also had a viewing platform to see the boys' practice at arms over the fence. In addition, there were croquet grounds.

The students of the Vargrend Academy were well guarded, both from the boys, and from the world at large. They were always tightly supervised and chaperoned outside the academy; which caused some students to call it "Vargrend's Prison for Girls".

Brianna Barter, disguised as Bellany Norwit, had attended the academy in 724-725.

Many of the noble families sent their daughters there, and expected them to be virginal in both actuality and reputation when they left, to be attractive marriage candidates. This caused a significant social challenge for Brianna, who, as Bellany Norwit was believed to have thoroughly lost her virginity at the hands of the orcs.

There were also scholarship students from less affluent families, such as Brianna's roommate Mary Duffy.

Its motto was "Morality through Virtue".

Curriculum
The subjects taught at the academy included
 * Music (inlcuding the mandolin and lyre)
 * Poetry (Brianna objected to taking this and managed to drop this course)
 * Ballroom Dancing
 * Mathematics
 * History
 * (the) Trivium: Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric
 * Elfish (the language)
 * enrichment (optional) courses on drawing and painting

Funding
In addition to presumably high tuition, the academy counted on significant donations. The Jordells were perhaps the most significant donors.

Staff
Some of the pupils were also part-time staff.
 * The academy was managed by Headmistress Vargrend, who also taught the Trivium
 * Miss Lesueur, the dance teacher
 * Miss Griffin, the history teacher
 * Mrs. Sedell, the art teacher
 * Miss Galatino, the music teacher
 * Mrs. Dejan, teacher of Elfish
 * Jessa, the cleaning lady
 * Mrs. Perkins, the hall monitor

Pupils

 * Brianna (as Lady Bellany Norwit)
 * Mary Duffy, Brianna's roommate
 * Lady Bianca Bristol, granddaughter of Baron Gerard Bristol
 * Jennifer Rothe, daughter of Robert Rothe, the banking magnate
 * Lady Glenda Gransward
 * Bernadine Belgado, daughter of the Mayor of the City of Rosehaven
 * Lady Bruhnhilda Daelrath
 * Lady Natalie Rose
 * Lady Deborah Hartmoor, granddaughter of Baron Hartmoor
 * Lady Larissa Jordell
 * Cleopatra Gleton
 * Linda Heckard, one of Mary Duffy's friends
 * Judy Dunstable, a follower of Nurtriste who competes in cooking
 * Lisa George, who helps the staff in cooking
 * Heather Craft, cook's assistant and a friend of Lisa Craft
 * Donna Hendges, cook's assistant
 * Patricia Aimes, a student librarian's assistant
 * Dryer
 * Hadrian
 * Morgan
 * Elloisa Elliston