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 ===== The College of the Stars ===== ===== The College of the Stars =====
  
-Acryn is home to the College of the Stars, the greatest seat of the scholarly and magical arts upon the continent, rivalled in the world only by its counterpart in Jithra, across the Eastern Ocean (which is, of course, inaccessible at this time). History, Diplomacy, Engineering,​ Alchemy and Magic are the disciplines for which it is best known, but somewhere within its walls you can find an expert in any subject under the sun. Its presence has been acknowledged as a driving force in Acryn’s rise to its position as the greatest city state on the continent, and its arch-chancellor is granted a position on the council in recognition of this fact.+Acryn is home to the College of the Stars, the greatest seat of the scholarly and magical arts upon the continent, rivalled in the world only by its counterpart in Strossborg, across the Eastern Ocean. History, Diplomacy, Engineering,​ Alchemy and Magic are the disciplines for which it is best known, but somewhere within its walls you can find an expert in any subject under the sun. Its presence has been acknowledged as a driving force in Acryn’s rise to its position as the greatest city state on the continent, and its arch-chancellor is granted a position on the council in recognition of this fact.
  
 All large cities have their seats of learning, but it is the mastery of magic that makes the College of the Stars truly stand out. The precise art of changing the world via the proper application of incantations,​ sigils and gestures, fuelled by the consumption of reagents and mana, was studied day and night by the finest minds of their generations,​ and their innovations gave Acryn capabilities no other city could equal, at least not until their lesser practitioners managed to discern and copy their methods. Any city could call upon a lesser mage to create some fireworks at great expense - only Acryn could bring to bear rituals of sufficient power to re-route rivers, pull down mountains, and create entire villages in moments. Rituals, of course, are the highest and most refined form of magic - a diverse variety of lesser effects can be achieved, separated roughly into Forms by the methods required to achieve them. By and large though, mana was too rare and valuable a resource to waste on frivolous things, save at the behest of the extremely wealthy, but the abilities of mages were none the less subject of considerable awe among those not versed in their arts. All large cities have their seats of learning, but it is the mastery of magic that makes the College of the Stars truly stand out. The precise art of changing the world via the proper application of incantations,​ sigils and gestures, fuelled by the consumption of reagents and mana, was studied day and night by the finest minds of their generations,​ and their innovations gave Acryn capabilities no other city could equal, at least not until their lesser practitioners managed to discern and copy their methods. Any city could call upon a lesser mage to create some fireworks at great expense - only Acryn could bring to bear rituals of sufficient power to re-route rivers, pull down mountains, and create entire villages in moments. Rituals, of course, are the highest and most refined form of magic - a diverse variety of lesser effects can be achieved, separated roughly into Forms by the methods required to achieve them. By and large though, mana was too rare and valuable a resource to waste on frivolous things, save at the behest of the extremely wealthy, but the abilities of mages were none the less subject of considerable awe among those not versed in their arts.
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