Dawn Academy

Dawn Academy was situated at the
western part of the Academy Sector. It offered courses in multiple disciplines
and was ranked the fifth among twenty or so academies in Morante City and ninth
among all the academies on the Grindia Continent.

One had to wear one’s Battle Force
badge in order to enter the academy. Aside from that, professors, teaching
staff and students all have their own respective badges that must be worn at
all times within the premises.

A multidisciplinary academy with
more than 153 years of history, the Dawn Academy wasn’t famous for their Battle
Force or swordsmanship courses. Most other schools that ranked above them
usually had a Blademaster in charge for the two courses.

The Dawn Academy insists that all
students choose two other professional disciplines and one arts course besides
their main Battle Force and swordsmanship courses or they will not be allowed
to graduate.

Courses

Construction

Sculpting

City Management

Business Management

Knight Training

Horsemanship

Ship Building

Smithing

Leather Tanning

Renowned courses

Accounting

Archaeology – Archaeology dealt with the
distinguishing and handling of artifacts found in ruins and was concerned with
determining the purpose and worth of such artifacts.

Language Studies - Language studies was one of the
hardest, given that the languages of the fairies, dragons, gremlins that the
magi used were said to contain mystical power and people without magical
affinity could not truly grasp the language; even if someone did manage to
learn a couple of words, he would only be able to make similar sounds but be
unable to reproduce the archaic power contained within each word.

Herbalism

Magical Beast Studies.

Painting

Music Composition

Ruin Exploration – refers to the research and
study of the architecture and the purpose of buildings left behind from the age
of magic as well as the means to excavate such ruins with as much care as
possible to avoid damaging the ruins.

Course specially designed for descendants of
noble families

Flower appreciation

Fine-dining

Dual Elite Course

Every three years, the Dawn Academy has special
training session for the students who excelled in both Battle Force and
swordsmanship. Regarded as one of the most difficult courses offered by the
academy.

Dawn Academy’s Entrance

There is a statue of Loria, The Dawn Goddess, represented
by a girl who looked about twelve to thirteen years old slaying a gigantic
dragon with a jeweled sword at the entrance.

The entrance of the academy had no gates or
doors. It only consisted of the statue and a boulevard that led straight into
the academy.

Ø  Dawn Academy’s Plaza

It is located at the end of the
boulevard.

Ø  Dawn Academy’s Enforcement
Department

A white stone building near the
plaza. Originally, it was a defense outpost, but in recent times it has been
used as an office for the Enforcement Department as well as the Department of
Student Affairs.

It has a troop of black uniformed
swordsmen.

The head is Deathly Miser Charade.

Ø  Department of Student Affairs

Ø  Dawn Academy’s Main Lecture Building

its design was like the form of a
large bird spreading its wings, with both of the “wings” enclosing a central
plaza; it looked like a bird that was embracing the central area. The main hall
had five floors that served as the main offices for instructors of the various
disciplines taught in the academy. The other two wings only had four floors
which comprised 80 classrooms altogether and could fit up to 4000 students in
total at any given time.

To the right of the plaza was a
small forest which was an ideal place for training and even romantic
rendezvous.

To the left of the plaza between the
wings was the office for the Enforcement Department as well as the Department
of Student Affairs.

Ø  Small Forest

A small forest which was an ideal
place for training and even romantic rendezvous.

## Relocation

The Nortons' dominion alone had over 1.2 million people. Coupled with the dominions of Count Kenmays, Baron Shazin, and Baron Felim, The Northlands' population was around two million. If Dawn Academy were to rebuild there, there would be no shortage of students. Even if only one student in a thousand qualified, they would still have at least two thousand new entrants each year.

The dominions' citizens were quite well-off. All the houses within The Northlands had followed in Lorist's tracks and focused on developing their dominions instead of reaping their citizens like crops. This allowed most of the families in their dominions to be able to afford sending their children to school.

Additionally, the one resource all the houses lacked was talent. The Dawn Academy was one of the few multi-disciplinary academies in the world and was ranked in the continent's top ten. Their students were usually skilled in more than just combat. If they were to start a new branch in The Northlands, they would probably be able to supply most of the area's demand for talent. Cultivating in-house talent would greatly benefit everyone, in the long run, so Count Kenmays and the others were incredibly supportive of the idea.

At the end of the 10th month, the academy's expedition returned to Firmrock, followed by Count Kenmays, Baron Shazin, and Baron Felim. It had been decided that the academy's new grounds would be at the foot of Bing Mountain. It was not in any of the houses' territories, nor had it seen even the slightest development.

The location had likely been picked exactly because it was completely undeveloped.  With how focused the four houses had been on developing their lands, a patch of land would only be undeveloped if it wasn't in anyone's territory.  Not only was it out of anyone's jurisdiction, it was also right in the middle of the four dominions.

Claudes explanation for his choice naturally didn't touch on this factor, however.  He explained his choice as resulting from a desire to be able to draw from the populations of all four dominions, which naturally made the spot he chose the best choice.

The four dominion lords had a lengthy discussion and finally agreed to cede portions of their territory around the location Claude had chosen, which added up to roughly a barony's worth of land, to the academy. A mutual treaty was signed soon after, and the land officially belonged to the academy. They also gathered a million gold Fordes between them for the academy's construction. Half of the money came from House Norton, with House Kenmays paying three tenths, and Barons Felim and Shazin each contributing one-tenth.

When that matter was concluded, Blademaster Claude and his group returned hurriedly to Morante to prepare for the move. House Norton's transportation fleet would be incredibly busy in the following year and they would have to spend one whole year to fully transport everything the academy had to The Northlands. After all, rebuilding the academy in completely was a time-consuming job. Lorist estimated it would take about two years before the academy was ready to start accepting applicants.