TeyaoAs the large clock on tower in the courtyard struck 12pm, the bell chimed throughout the campus. Lillianna was just in time to see a sudden surge in traffic as students began moving from one lecture to their next. These were not just students of magic, Source, elemntal theory etc. But also history, mathematics, the natural sciences, engineering, art and much more. The Academy boasted 2000 students, mostly of middle and upper class backgrounds. And of course there were those who possessed the Gift - The Source Crystal - something that changed life and limitations for a person, no matter their station.
Most of the campus was open to Lillianna, but there were particular places that might interest the twin-element mage:
1. The Grand Library of the Light and Dark Domains
2. The Grand Library of the Water and Air Domains
3. The cliffedge gardens where many important mages and academics were an audience for some fiercesome debates
4. Anywhere else that might take her fancy
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Among the men and women in the main hub of literature pertaining to the Light and Dark Domain, a Cleric named Simon was giving a lecture to a younger and newer Cleric. The library itself was dominated by light, the thematic decorations showing the difference in the number of shelves commited to each Domain. Dark magic was largely illegal, and what wasn't illegal was highly regulated behind licensing laws. However, there was information available, just not nearly as much as the books, scrolls and tomes dedicated to the Light Domain.
Simon's lecture was nothing academic. He was simply venting to an up-and-coming adventurer about why he retired early and became a teacher.
"Restoration magic is a perfectly valid school of magic," he grumbled. "In fact, it's probably the most important. But do you get the thanks and the credit for that? Quinity, no! Clerics are constantly overlooked and underappreciated. People would rather be enamored by the fancy light-show of fire and lightning, while we Clerics are doing all the work."
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Over the other side of the campus grounds in the Grand Library of the Water and Air Domain, Simon's friend was giggity-giggling to maniacally to himself while holding a book in one hand to read, using his other to summon Air magic and manipulating small spheres of lightning into various shapes. This was Appsro, who was part of a group of best friends and academics that included Simon and two others.
Appsro was nothing like Simon. While Simon was always complaining about something or other, Appsro was always making a dirty joke, often employing the phrase, 'That's what she said.' He'd been with the Academy as a part-time teacher and engineer for his entire career. He was a person who happened to wake up with the Gift of the Source Crystal as a toddler - something fairly rare - but he'd never desired to be an adventurer.
Consistently thematic as the other libraries, this library was decorated with magical lights and illusions, depicting snowy winds, upside-down waterfalls and blueish lighting.
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The open courtayrd and gardens on the north side of the Academy had one of the best views in Valhiem, due to the area hanging right on the edge of Citadel Moutain. At this moment, a formal debate was being conducted on the some questions and challenges that the scientific world had for the acolytes of traditional magical theory. Such deep philosophical battle was a senstive and volatile challenge of beliefs, and so the debate was fierce and audience participation in the form of grumbling and heckling came after almost every point made.
Some people simply watched from further back, interested but not quite as invested as those at the front shaking their fists or calling out.
