Avalon Academium

The seat of higher education for the capital, and indeed, the kingdom as a whole. Sitting on the eastern side of the Cloudspire District, the Academium is considered the authority on most schools of thought and training, and caters to training scholars both in the arcane arts and natural philosophies.

## Arcane Studies Branch

Contains the Colleges that apply the studies of mana and other arcane energies. High Magister of Arcane Studies Wilcrest Illyria, a Shin'dorei elitist and also Rector of the College of Applied Arcanum, oversees the Branch in its entirety.

### College of Applied Arcanum

The study and practice of direct manipulation of raw mana. The Magister of Arcane

### College of Divination

The study and recording (and what experimentation can be conducted) of tapping into “divine” sources of power, and the patterns and energy used therein.

Also contains the temple to Gallifrey, god of knowledge and magic, which serves to the public as well, and often serves double as a recruiting station.

### College of Patronic Arcanum

Studies, records, and experiments with tapping into non-divine sources of power/mana manipulation, and the patterns and energy used therein..

### College of Elemental Arcanum

Study and application of the infusion of mana into elemental forces, and the manipulation and application of those energies.

## Natural Philosophies Branch

Contains the Colleges that study the natural forces of the world, and studies the works of civilizations and peoples of past ages. High Magistra Winona Yrel leads the Rectors of Philosophies, ardently defending her post and Branch in the competition to remain relevant to the Crown against Wilcrest Illyria of the Arcane Studies Branch.

### College of Archaeology

Recovers and studies the artifacts and events of the Drendall Empire, and to a lesser extent, the known ruins from the Age of Artifice Arcanum. Often, results will yield a development into the arcane tools of these past cultures, and findings will be resubmitted to the College of Applied Arcanum, to the Magistra of Philosophy’s chagrin. Also records and transcribes the known events of the current and previous ages, compiling these findings into the Historicum Script - the official registry of people, places, and events as recognized by the monarchy.

### College of Organic Philosophies

Studies the principles of living things and their biological aspects/composure, with acute focus on the quantifiable differences between similar-yet-different species.

### College of Alchemy

Studies and applies the properties, natures, and interactions of physical material, sometimes accompanied by a contained and specific magical component or catalyst.

### College of Physical Philosophies

Studies and applies the nature of arithmetic patterns to naturally occuring phenomena in the world, in order to better understand it, and therefore overcome it. The head of the college convinced the King to start the Academium in the first place, and is therefore largely overlooked as he often collaborates with the Arcane Arts Branch of the College in his work. ((Surprise, it’s Jon in disguise!))

## Structures

**Tower of Enlightenment**

**Cells of Penitence**

**Magister's Reliquary**

**Hall of Whispered Pages**