Casa de Formación

The Casa de Formación or Bestia training school is where Bestia are both brought up from birth, and taught to be Slaves.

Etymology

The name means the "house of training".

Locations

There are two Casa de Formación on Isla Arbojan and Veridia. Because Alta has a smaller population of Bestia, they are raised and trained in the Cregan itself which is large enough to accommodate them.

• Sometria is the school on Isla Arbojan. It is situated in the highlands in the south.

• xxx is the school on Veridia.

Layout

Although the two schools differ a little because of their locations, they have the same general layout.

Novices

The Bestia students are known as novices and progress through different stages:

Birth: Children are rarely born at the school. The pregnant Bestia will normally give birth at her Cregan (or other establishment) and raise the child until it has weaned (about one year old).

Pre-school: The child is then taken to the pre-school building at the school for early training until the age of five.

Main school: From five to fifteen, the Bestia is raised at the school. Sometimes they may leave at fourteen if they are suitable or in demand.

They dress in similar ways to standard Bestia except that the chemises are thicker (because of the colder locations), they wear boots instead of sandals, and the belt is a white rope, rather than leather.