diff --git a/docs/lvsp.md b/docs/lvsp.md
index 22af56c..de30b8a 100644
--- a/docs/lvsp.md
+++ b/docs/lvsp.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ time period.
 
 Sent by the server in reply to a HEARTBEAT message coming from the client.
 
-The `health` field determines how well is the server's overall health. It is a
+The `health` field is a measure of the servers's overall health. It is a
 float going from 0 to 1, where 0 is the worst health possible, and 1 is the
 best health possible.
 
diff --git a/manage/cmd/migration/scripts/11_voice_regions_servers.sql b/manage/cmd/migration/scripts/11_voice_regions_servers.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..398c91a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manage/cmd/migration/scripts/11_voice_regions_servers.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+-- voice region data
+-- NOTE: do NOT remove any rows. use deprectated=true and
+-- DELETE FROM voice_servers instead.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS voice_regions (
+    -- always lowercase
+    id text PRIMARY KEY,
+
+    -- "Russia", "Brazil", "Antartica", etc
+    name text NOT NULL,
+
+    -- we don't have the concept of vip guilds yet, but better
+    -- future proof.
+    vip boolean DEFAULT FALSE,
+
+    deprecated boolean DEFAULT FALSE,
+
+    -- we don't have the concept of custom regions too. we don't have the
+    -- concept of official guilds either, but i'm keeping this in
+    custom boolean DEFAULT FALSE
+);
+
+-- voice server pool. when someone wants to connect to voice, we choose
+-- a server that is in the same region the guild is too, and choose the one
+-- with the best health value
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS voice_servers (
+    -- hostname is a reachable url, e.g "brazil2.example.com"
+    hostname text PRIMARY KEY,
+    region_id text REFERENCES voice_regions (id),
+
+    -- health values are more thoroughly defined in the LVSP documentation
+    last_health float default 0.5
+);
+
+
+ALTER TABLE guilds DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS region;
+ALTER TABLE guilds ADD COLUMN
+    region text REFERENCES voice_regions (id);
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index 5eab831..269ff91 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -318,6 +318,40 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user_read_state (
     PRIMARY KEY (user_id, channel_id)
 );
 
+
+-- voice region data
+-- NOTE: do NOT remove any rows. use deprectated=true and
+-- DELETE FROM voice_servers instead.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS voice_regions (
+    -- always lowercase
+    id text PRIMARY KEY,
+
+    -- "Russia", "Brazil", "Antartica", etc
+    name text NOT NULL,
+
+    -- we don't have the concept of vip guilds yet, but better
+    -- future proof.
+    vip boolean DEFAULT FALSE,
+
+    deprecated boolean DEFAULT FALSE,
+
+    -- we don't have the concept of custom regions too. we don't have the
+    -- concept of official guilds either, but i'm keeping this in
+    custom boolean DEFAULT FALSE
+);
+
+-- voice server pool. when someone wants to connect to voice, we choose
+-- a server that is in the same region the guild is too, and choose the one
+-- with the best health value
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS voice_servers (
+    -- hostname is a reachable url, e.g "brazil2.example.com"
+    hostname text PRIMARY KEY,
+    region_id text REFERENCES voice_regions (id),
+
+    -- health values are more thoroughly defined in the LVSP documentation
+    last_health float default 0.5
+);
+
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS guilds (
     id bigint PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
 
@@ -326,7 +360,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS guilds (
     splash text DEFAULT NULL,
     owner_id bigint NOT NULL REFERENCES users (id),
 
-    region text NOT NULL,
+    region text NOT NULL REFERENCES voice_regions (id),
 
     /* default no afk channel 
         afk channel is voice-only.