[@Darkmatter] Seeing as Qarthine is sitting at the heart of a desert filled with giant ruins of the Old Ones, and that it has a history of attracting scholars from across the world, you could say the college has a small presence in Qarthine. But since The Lorespeakers are the official, state-sanctioned guild of academics and the arcane, the college would have to abide by whatever rules and restrictions they place on you. Trying to crack the code on Qarthine Steel, for example, would get you in some trouble.