Also known as The President, Council, and Fellows of the Academy of Valoria for Improving Natural Knowledge.
The Academy of Natural Philosophy is the chief authority of science throughout the Valorian Empire. Accepting only the finest minds from across the Empire, admittance into this prestigious organization is extremely selective due to a long and arduous application process.
An ancient and esteemed establishment, it serves as a focal point for the study of nature, the human corpus, celestial heavens, and the physical universe. Its halls bustle with chemists, cosmologists, philosophers, alchemists, vivisectionists, and cartographers.
To those not initiated into its high-class academia, the only foray into this exclusive world includes glimpses of exotic crates being hauled into the back doors of the academy.
The motto of the Academy of Natural Philosophy is Nullius in verba which is Valorian for: "On the word of no one". The motto is an expression of the determination of the Fellows to verify all statements by an appeal to fact determined by experiment.