The Academy of Nobility

One of the most renowned Imperial institutes. The House of Nobility is one of the most private Imperial academies known in the realm. Housing prestigious scholars, capable tutors and veterans from various fields bring the best statesmen and leaders to serve the Empire. Many clans send their heirs to the Academy, ensuring that their sons and daughters provided the best education possible within the Akinian borders. Though very few, some lucky souls are allowed to benefit from the noble institution, one way or another. Those who graduate from the Academy are promoted to have easier access to influential and important stations within Akino, providing them with an edge over those who reject the institution.

## Location

The Academy of Nobility's location is within the Hon clan lands, near the fortress-city of Magnhild. A few days travel towards the large city, while only a mere two weeks on the road towards Konohagakure. The surrounding land is relatively peaceful and lacks any dangerous predators, which usually roam in the highlands and interior of Hon. The lack of small villages nearby has likely been to prevent any 'distractions' - for the pupils and faculty.

During winters, the Academy is less accessible. This is because of the heavy snowfall that tends to occur in the region in and around the highlands. Freezing temperatures will force anyone with a rational mind to stay inside and enjoy the Academy's facilities. During summers, the pleasant temperatures tend to invite tutors to take their pupils outside to work and study in the fresh air - which is believed to help an individual learn and focus better.

## Entry

To be allowed entry and become tutored at the Academy of Nobility isn't any small feat. Approval from the Imperial Crown has to be given to those that aren't heirs or children from noble or great clans. The youngest age allowed to enter starts at eight years old, with the most senior entry age to be sixteen years old. Exemptions are made, but these are rare.

Other than children of important clans, there are exemptions made for those of more humble origins. Heroes acknowledged by the Empire often gain the ability to allow their children to gain entry to the Academy of Nobility. These kind of entries are exceptional and the minority among those that attend the Academy of Nobility.

## Education

Pupils within the Academy are taught in a wide variety of fields. Many seem to help and shape them into becoming capable and future politicians or military minds for the Empire. This idea is only enforced as those coming from the Academy are provided with easier access to various influential and powerful offices within the Empire itself. Tutors tend to hail from a wide array of origins, some from noble clans while others from more humble births.

Here are several of the array of fields that are taught to the Academy's pupils:

* Linguistics
* Horsemanship as various other atheltic fields
* Rhetoric
* History
* Military history and leadership
* Statesmanship

## Complex

The Academy itself is rather massive. It is built within a variety of fashion with a dominant Akinian architectural style to it. Many facilities to house the pupils, faculty as security and provide them with some luxurious are present. Numerous lodgings offer some extra space as many pupils are allowed to have a valet with them - this is often the case with wealthy and influential clans sending their heirs to the institution. Halls in which the education gives to the pupils are designed to provide space and utilities. The libraries that exist within the Academy are said to rival the Homura University within the capital.

Various luxurious facilities do exist to provide some relaxations for the people present. This is also together with a large barracks as the security of the Academy is two-layered. The area around the Academy is patrolled and guarded by its security detail of Imperial troops. Outside of it, troublemakers will likely be caught by the Hon, who security forces keep a strict watch on those that attempt to enter or leave the area.

What also is important is that different beliefs are allowed to be practised. The are various shrines to the Way of Fire as two large shrines, allowing Chonobi belief or the Yakimara Vetei practices to be held with impunity.

## Faculty

The Imperial administration handpicks those working in and around the Academy of Nobility. Only the brightest minds, comparable to the Homura University, are allowed to teach the refined arts of rhetoric, history etc. At the same time, veterans of warfare or statesmanship pass their experience and knowledge to the pupils. The security detail is handled by the Imperial administration and further provides a cultural diversity to be present among those working and living within the Academy of Nobility.

A strict policy is that the Imperial administration is the sole contributor of the workforce to the Academy. It is preventing nepotism and the influence of clans to grow too powerful within the Academy's halls.