Magistrate Academy

## The Magistrate

The Magistrate Academy is a city-state/university located in the northern regions of the Asnean subcontinent around the Chevres Lake. The capital city is Marsaguso and is also its largest. The Magistrate Academy refers to both the nation and the university that it represents. The university, which is located in the capital, is the largest educational institution in the world and is one of the only places where Runic Magic is taught, an ancient form of sorcery that derives itself from the broader Celestial Magic. Historically the city-state was built due to the massive wealth that the university had accumulated resulting in the city gaining its independence from their previous rulers, the Asnean Empire. However, the state is still technically a vassal of the Empire which results in many benefits for the Suzerain. Annually, the university enrolls around 20,000 students ranging from all regions of the world, the university thus accounts for 80% of the city-state's wealth.

### Runic Magic

Runic Magic is the main type of sorcery that is taught at the Magistrate Academy and has the largest number of students out of all other subjects study. The sorcery itself derives from the sorcery of Celestial Magic, a form that has deeper ties to the spiritual and mystical aspect of magic. While Celestial Magic is known to only be used by specific Ancient Races, Runic Magic is different in that any person or creature can read the texts and learn the incantations for them. The spells are also often associated with more physical attributions that have more practical applications to mortals. The origins of the sorcery itself are still unknown however the sorcery was discovered to have been used as far back as the High Celestial Era as records from the time recall the Doscan peoples using the sorcery to great use, which can be seen with their massive empire spanning multiple continents. It is said that the first peoples who lived in the region now known as Dosca had discovered stone tablets that contained inscriptions of unknown language stashed all across a cave hidden deep in the earth. It would not be until hundreds of years later that the first tablets would be translated, and upon citing the scriptures written many mystical and paranormal events would occur including sudden changes in the weather or the grounds beneath shaking.

### The Chamber of Twelve

The Magistrate Academy is led by a small council of twelve elder mages known officially as The Chamber of Twelve (or just The 12 for short) who have the highest honors given by the school. These elders also work as the government officials of the city-state and are given lifetime terms until either their death or retirement. As both the school's management and the city's officials, the council has multiple responsibilities that vary between the two. The government is a meritocracy meaning that the Chamber of Twelve are given the seat for either their contributions to the Academy or their completion of their education. Many of the members on the 12 are amongst some of the strongest mages in the world and some of the smartest people as well. It is worth noting that from all previous and current members of the 12, only around 5% of the members are fully completed Mages, meaning that they have graduated having completed and read almost every single Runic text discovered. A feat that is near impossible considering the sheer volume of texts that the Magistrate and other institutions carry (For example, the entire collection of Runic texts that the Magistrate hold and are public for reading consists of almost 12,000 books and around ~1.5 million words.). As a result, many of these 12 have access to spells and texts that are incredibly forbidden from reading due to their potential danger to not only the Academy, but to the world.