Fontaine Research Institute

This article is about the faction. For the subarea, see New Fontaine Research Institute. For the area, see Fontaine Research Institute of Kinetic Energy Engineering Region.

Fontaine Research Institute
Found­er(s)	Alain Guillotin
Region	Fontaine

The Fontaine Research Institute of Kinetic Energy Engineering, often shortened to Fontaine Research Institute, is an organization in Fontaine.

Profile

The Fontaine Research Institute is a research center dedicated to studying machines and energy. Many of its inventions benefit Fontaine, such as the clockwork mechanisms and kinetic cores created by their founder Alain Guillotin. Most mechanical inventions come from the Fontaine Research Institute. Unlike the Sumeru Akademiya, it does not exercise any administrative responsibility over the people of Fontaine or aim to educate.

According to Augustus Lovelace, it used to be a paradise for researchers until Raimondo and Mr. Choiseul took over, where afterwards the spirit of research at the institute has been in freefall.

One of the primary purposes of the research institute was to search for solutions to the prophesied flood that will dissolve the people of Fontaine and the researchers believed harnessing the energy of Arkhium to defy gravity was considered the key. Edwin Eastinghouse, a Senior Technician, created the Prototype Cal. Breguet series of Clockwork Meka to alleviate the water situation. While conducting his research, the field generator's Arkhium core overloaded, resulting in a massive explosion that leveled most of the institute, sending several giant blocks of Allogravity-Condensed Water Bodies and remnants of the old ruins in the sky.

As a result of the disaster, the institute was forced to recollect and built a new location near the old ruins while maintaining what was not destroyed in the explosion. The Callas Line was also shut down.

According to Salsa, the Central Laboratory ruins in the sky have been rebuilt and the Institute is "considering launching a "Ruins Tour" for outsiders". She also says that the currently used building is not as pretty as the ruins and that the Institute has "financial problems".

The Institute is fairly controversial in their own nation, as their lack of responsibility has often resulted in a lack of accountability and infamy; Elphane claims that an Institute Technician can drone on for a day without any relevant information or perspective, which she finds "ghastly". The Mekafish were also developed by the Institute to help clean Fontaine's waters, but they began killing fish as part of their cleaning tasks, resulting in Linorea holding a grudge against them for believing their nonsense.

During the events of Fontaine Research Institute Chronicles, the Traveler helps the institute. In the process, Nacker, a researcher who worked with Edwin, created a smaller explosion which Raimondo believed him to be attempting to sell and the Arkhium core for a fortune. Nacker's tampering also reactivated the prototype generator, which the Traveler managed to shut down and replaced them with inhibitors to help stabilize the Arkhium traces in the ruins, stopping it from exploding at any point for the time being. They would eventually track Nacker down, who had acquired another benefactor named Concini. During their investigation, they also discovered that Edwin was also alive, both men trying to continue their research into Arkhium. Nacker's plans were eventually foiled and both men were brought back to the Institute, where they were subsequently fired and sent to the Fortress of Meropide.

Members

Current

• Anatole — Engineer
• Augustus Lovelace — Researcher
• Bottin — Research Assistant
• Bricole
• Broglie
• Chalmet
• Chisseray
• Choiseul
• Conjat
• Damestier
• Delerue
• Denichere
• Desnos
• Dupre — Research Assistant
• Fusilier
• Givalois
• Hautemontagne
• Heinry
• Honorine
• Joseph Diodenes — Senior Researcher
• Lanty
• Macadell
• Maillardet — Research
• Maurice Juglar — Department Director (Mathematics and Statistics)
• Paimon — Assistant to the Honorary Senior Researcher (As of the World Quest Series Fontaine Research Institute Chronicles)
• Patrice
• Raimondo
• Salsa's parents
• Sevigne
• The Traveler — Honorary Senior Researcher (As of the World Quest Series Fontaine Research Institute Chronicles)
• Refait — Senior Researcher
• Vuillermoz
• Xavier — Researcher

Former

• Alain Guillotin — Founder (Deceased)
• Mr. Bletchley
• Mr. Bossuet
• Bravais — Senior Researcher (Deceased)
• Butor (Deceased)
• Champvallon
• Clynes
• Colin
• Coutrot
• Delaroche
• Edwin Eastinghouse — Senior Technician (dismissed, subsequently fired)
• Estelle
• Fawitzki — Senior Researcher
• Genevieve
• Hugues
• Jurieu
• Lelienne — Engineer
• Lourvine
• Mosso Lombroso (Deceased)
• Nacker — Senior Researcher (fired)
• Mr. Poitier
• Rena
• Teilhard (Deceased)
• Yvette

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Fontaine Research Institute	—
Chinese (Simplified)	枫丹科学院 Fēngdān Kēxuéyuàn	Fontaine Scientific Institute
Chinese (Traditional)	楓丹科學院 Fēngdān Kēxuéyuàn
Japanese	フォンテーヌ科学院 Fonteenu Kagaku-in	Fontaine Scientific Institute
Korean	폰타인 과학원과학원科學院 Pontain Gwahagwon	Fontaine Scientific Institute
Spanish	Instituto de Ciencias de Fontaine	Fontaine Institute of Science
French	Institut de recherche de Fontaine	Fontaine Research Institute
Russian	Исследовательский институт Фонтейна Issledovatel'skiy institut Fonteyna	Fontaine Research Institute
Thai	ศูนย์วิทยาศาสตร์ Fontaine Sun Witthayasat Fontaine	Fontaine Scientific Institude
Vietnamese	ViệnViện院 Khoa HọcKhoa Học科學 Fontaine	Fontaine Scientific Institute
German	Forschungsinstitut Fontaine
Indonesian	Institut Penelitian Fontaine	Fontaine Research Institute
Portuguese	Instituto de Pesquisas de Fontaine
Turkish	Fontaine Araştırma Enstitüsü	Fontaine Research Institute
Italian	Istituto di ricerca di Fontaine

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Introduced in Version 3.5 • Released in Version 4.1

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