Temple Academy

"So. Why Isfahan, you may wonder? Well, it probably has something to do with the big ass fucking maze underneath it." 
-Aaron Bright 
The White Cross School of Magic: Isfahan, more commonly known as the Temple Academy, is the eighth of the White Cross's eight schools for training new operatives. The academy is located in the Iranian capital city of Isfahan, close to the historical middle of the city. 
The academy is located upon a block Rift known as Daedalus's Labyrinth, a vast, shifting dungeon that provides the students with ever changing challenges to overcome. According to Temple Academy tradition, a student hasn't fully graduated until they and their squad defeat the dungeon boss located at the bottom floor of the maze. 
Until the 2070s, it was widely assumed that the unexpected announcement of the opening of an eighth academy was due to the common superstition that the number seven was heretical in Arkonic myth. That was until it was leaked that the academy had originally been set to break ground in Tehran, but when Supreme Leader Hedayati unexpected announced that the capital would be moved to Isfahan, the White Cross used a Cyber mage to break into the Imperial Legion database to switch the bidding results between the Tehran location and the Isfahan location originally promised to the Silk Nomads. This caused somewhat of a controversy at the time, and led to a significant fallout with the Nomads, a rift that would eventually be one of the catalysts for the Nomads later breaking protocol to help Junta forces to overthrow the Saudi Dynasty during the Oriental War a few years later.