A.I.M.S.

==A.I.M.S==
===Professor Delvo Rus===
Delvo Rus is a man of very specific words. Most of what he says is to the point and as simple as he can make it, even when he talks about complex arcane theory or intricate cataloguing algorithms. While he isn't the founder or active head of A.I.M.S he is it's current spokesperson. This is primarily due to his balanced and efficient conversational style, especially in contrast to Dr Malando Rakka the founder, head and altogether least comprehensible member of A.I.M.S. 
Delvo Rus was the custodian of the Library of Ziz (The single largest compendium of Tiamat religious and arcane writings, the majority of the collection has since been moved to A.I.M.S HQ however some of the writings were lost in the collapse of the Vales). His knowledge of research materials and techniques are unparalleled in Dragonborn society and he is responsible for inventing or refining most of the collation and reference techniques employed by modern scholars and librarians. 
It is these skills and this history that has lead to him becoming the head of research and arcane sciences at A.I.M.S. In his duties at A.I.M.S he directs and delegates research amongst the lesser technicians and archivists in order to find precedent or similar situations in past or concurrent writings. He is also in charge of directing arcane scientists with the application of the scientific method to the mysteries and mysticisms of the arcane arts and the ethereal world, a task his ordered and analytical mind is uniquely qualified for. 
===Interest Group===
Sometimes called "Dr Malando's Maladies" A.I.M.S is the foremost spreader of scientific research and applier of the "Scientific Method" (as coined by Dr Malando) to the many natural and unnatural phenomena of Athesia. A.I.M.S goal is to demystify and further science, knowledge and understanding throughout Athesia at any cost. 
Advances:
*A.I.M.S Prime Laboratory (Infrastructure, Transfer Purity to Loyalty in any region 1/year) 
*Heart of the Dragon (Voting, +1 Academia)
===The History of A.I.M.S===
There is a fine line between genius and insanity. Dr Malando walks this line with the grace and poise of a trapeze artist. He also walks lines of moral and ethical decency on a fairly daily basis all in the pursuit of knowledge in its purest form. He worked tirelessly in the Vales of Sita for years entirely alone. Fighting against the stagnant politics and cultures of the Tiamat homelands and the never ending war with the Bahamut. Dr Malando sought to understand the very workings of reality buy any means necessary (In part to help prevent the decline of the wards that held the vales). Many prominent members of Tiamat society objected to his practises, decrying them as both heretical and unnatural. Were it not for the consistent support of Dr Malando's charismatic politician brother Escarsion Zevvran A.I.M.S probably would not exist today. 
Escarsion believed, as Malando did, that their culture had stagnated. He blamed their continued conflict with the Bahamut and felt that only a decisive victory over them would allow growth once more. To this end he supported Dr Malando in all his "scientific" endeavours. His lab grew and came to gather like minded individuals, bizarre eclectic eccentrics of unique interests and expertise. The two most notable of these "scientists" were Professor Delvo Rus and Ira Rakka. 
Ira Rakka was an expert in the fledgling fields of engineering and mechanics. She was singularly responsible for the development of the artificial breath engine which lead to an increased longevity in the battle time of Tiamat war-ships. She would go on to become both the head of engineering and mechanics at A.I.M.S but also wife to Dr Malando in AL 11(after decades of him asking). Few people fully understand how she is able to put up with Dr Malando, but those that know him know that without her he'd have experimented himself to death a century ago. 
The newly founded science team would discover many great and terrifying inventions in their search for truth but the most significant would be the dragonborn Jetti. With a constant stream of volunteers provided by Escarsion Dr Malando and his team worked to build a better dragonborn. They planned to make them more resilient to disease or injury and to help eradicate many of the problems that afflicted the embattled Vales. The result of these experiments would be the Jetti, for all intents and purposes dragonborn super soldiers. However it was only after Dr Malando's team succeed in this that they began to understand the true plans and ambitions of Escarsion. 
In a meteoric rise of popularity with his super-soldier answer to the Bahamut war machine, Escarsion became the first Male Taimat leader to have gained not only unanimous support from the high priestesses but a vote of confidence from the First Blade of Tiamat. Newly dubbed the Left hand of Tiamat he quickly appointed his brother Dr Malando as the Right hand. Over the years of Escarsion's reign in The Vales of Sita it became apparent that the Jetti would not be an end to the war without masses produced. Volunteers became conscripts and the laboratory became a soldier factory. While the success of the Jetti campaign pushed the war towards a slow (but inevitable) victory, public concern grew over the failing wards that contained the Vales. In order to deal with the worsening situation Escarsion took an army and Dr Malando through a breach in the wards to landfall in Athesia. 
(Ironically the withdrawal of Taimat forces and leadership to further Escarsions plans for the war helped lay foundations for eventual peace for the Dragonborn tribes after The vales collapsed. In this 30 year absence the war grew less violent and more defensive, mostly due to an indecisive and weak command structure left behind, and this resulted in an effective ceasefire two years before the collapse which allowed for a more immediate acceptance of peace when it was presented.) 
From here Escarsion lead his forced through the lands of Athesia to try to gain the resources to further his war with the Bahamut. Dr Malando defected to The then Kingdom of Athesia in AL 7 along with his team and with the aid of Lord Asthvan and research opportunities within the Black Library he founded the basis for AIMS and started to collaborate with and recruit Athesian scholars to the disciplines of science. Escarsion was effectively killed in AL 8 by the Councillor Slath I Faigh leading to the gradual cease of organised hostile activity by the remaining Tiamat forces over the next few years. Then he and his team were free to found A.I.M.S properly in AL10.