The Alarian School of Thought

### "Suspended in mid-air like an oddly-shaped airship, the Weaving School acted as a reminder of the impossible made possible, of thoughts becoming things."

Considered to be one of the Four Wonders of Ærria, **the Alarian School of Thought** - The Weaving School - is one of the greatest mysteries of Ærria.

Access upon the premises is strictly forbidden to all but **Weavers**, Lectors and **Acolytes** (students of Weavership). All that is known over the mysterious School of Thought is that it was founded by **Karura** and that it trains Weavers, whose abilities include influence over the substance of reality.

The legend behind the floating citadel is that Karura, first Weaver of his name, had built the school himself by levitating a reversed mountain top and used **Kaalà** to put it in the skies as he considered the ground too mundane for Weaving.

Upon Karura’s passing, everyone expected the Alarian School of Thought to fall down from its heavenly place. Instead, long after his death, the reversed mountain top keeping it afloat continues to remain airborne, making it one of the greatest mysteries in Alarian history.

The **Alarian School of Thought** is considered to be a Wonder of the Alarian world. The reasons for that are many: its biggest mystery is the levitation of the island of **Kahler Asten** which is also attributed to Karura. Karura’s might was believed to be so great, that even upon his death the island remains airborne and undisturbed. The school was equally founded by Karura during the age of the **Chaos Dragons**. His spirit is believed to still exist among the walls of the school, for example, students reported that long lost possessions have been miraculously summoned into their rooms. **Darkspill**, a dangerous by-product of Weaving, is also automatically collected and stored someone beneath the school. This effect is also attributed to **Karura’s will**.

The School of Thought has many specialized rooms of learning, among which the **Imaginarium**, the **Truth Library** and the **Aula Monstrum** are the most notable.

The **Imaginarium** is a large room in whose walls shards of Æbe’trax have been embedded. Acolytes low in Kaalà use the Imaginarium to train their weaving. Vivian is encouraged to use it to take control of her chaos weaving under the supervision of a Shadowbinder and an expert in chaos studies.

The **Truth Library** is the largest collection of empirical truths of the face of Ærria. It contains only verifiable facts and undisputable truths.

The **Aula Monstrum** contains many curiosities, among which the **Orbis Textoris (the Tapestry of Reality)**, the **Twisted Door,** and **an orb-shaped map of the observable reality**. In it you can observe reality in all its four layers. There are some who claim that if you gaze into the orb deeply enough, you can see yourself looking back.

The motto of the school of thought is “**kaalma betra**”, known as “**imagine better**”. Just like the Weavers' **dictum**, **kaalma betra** encourages students of Weavership to take responsibility over their thoughts.

The school itself is located on the edge of the floating mountaintop and its entrance is marked by long pillars of white limestone. School rooms (also known as **Aulas**) are colour-coded to function (i.e. Aula livens, Aula Alba, Aula Magna, etc.)