Averoigne (アヴェロワーニュ, Averowānyu) is a location in Jun Mochizuki's The Case Study of Vanitas. It is a rural province in a deeply forested area far into the countryside of the France equivalent of Altus. It is the childhood home of Noé Archiviste, where he had been taken by his Teacher after the man picked him up from the auction he was found out. All the way from his young childhood to adolescence, Noé grew up and lived in his Teacher's residence at Averoigne alongside his childhood friends Louis and Dominique de Sade.
Thus, Averoigne is also the place where Noé and Dominique witnessed Louis's death.
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The Teacher’s Castle[]
The castle's garden.
The Teacher’s Castle is the residence of "The Shapeless One," the founder of the House de Sade and the teacher of Noé Archiviste. The manor is the most significant and grand location in the entirety of Averoigne, standing with its high status and immense wealth among the otherwise unremarkable rural province and small villages. The castle has many amenities and facilities within it, mainly used for the Teacher and the mysterious work he does. There is a central garden filled with blooming astérisque flowers that shine under the moonlight.
The Teacher procured this palace he currently resides in after giving his adopted child his duties as the Queen's oldest advisor, and lives disconnected from the rest of the world. Thus, it is also the home where his student Noé and grandson Louis lived for their childhoods, with occasionally his granddaughter Dominique coming to visit from Altus Paris. Noé continues living in this castle, even after Louis's tragic death, all the way until his adulthood when his Teacher assigns him to travel to Paris and find the Book of Vanitas.
Secret Base[]
The children's hideout.
The secret base was a hideout where Noé, Dominique, and Louis played as children with their friends from a nearby village, Mina, Fred, Gilles, and Fanny. It was an abandoned, decrepit, and half-falling apart church that was slowly being overtaken by nature. The building was hidden deep in the forests of Averoigne quite a ways away from civilization due to its age, but closer to where the Teacher's castle was located.
When Noé, Dominique, and Louis were children, they befriended four other children from a nearby village and would often play together in the woods. This lead to the group discovering this abandoned church and deciding it to be their secret base. After Mina is found to be a curse-bearer, the secret base is where the other children hide her to try and protect her from execution. And because of this as well as the events that followed, the secret base is where Noé and Dominique witnessed Louis's death at the hands of his own grandfather.
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History[]
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Plot[]
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Appearances[]
- Mémoire 1: Vanitas — In the Event of Rusty Hopes (Mentioned only)
- Mémoire 2: Noé — In the City of Flowers
- Mémoire 5: Archiviste — Fangs That Reveal Blood
- Mémoire 9: Réminiscence — Friends
- Mémoire 10: Salvatio — Uncertainty
- Mémoire 24: Forêt d'argent — Chance Encounter (Mentioned only)
- Mémoire 46: Un Autre — Scar
- Entracte: Jours Bruyants — Tales of Lost Children
- Mémoire 1: Vanitas -In the Event of Rusty Hopes- (Mentioned only)
- Mémoire 2: Noé -In the City of Flowers-
- Mémoire 3: Archiviste -Fangs That Lay Bare Blood-
- Mémoire 4: Bal Masqué -Night of Mocking Masks-
- Mémoire 5: Réminiscence -Friends-
- Mémoire 6: Salvatio -Questions-
- Mémoire 13: Forêt d'argent -Chance Encounter- (Mentioned only)
- Mémoire 21: Un Autre -Scars-
- Mémoire 23: Pleuvoir -Tears like Rain-
Trivia[]
- Averoigne is named after the fictional French province of the same name,[1] featured in the titular short story collection A Rendezvous in Averoigne[2] by Clark Ashton Smith.[3] These short stories are science fiction, fantasy, and horror in genre, with Averoigne being characterized as deeply occultic in nature, filled with the likes of monsters, witches, and most notably, vampires.
- The Teacher's Castle bears a resemblance to the Château de Pierrefonds, a castle located on the edge of the forest of Compiègne, northeast of Paris.[6]