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Mirari Arcane Academy

The oldest Arcane focused school in Aushudore, with only the University of Qi being older at all, though it did not start formal magical education until around 3000 BGSW.  

Campus

The campus of the Mirari is a spectacle to admire, especially for those unfamiliar with magic. Due to how long the campus has been around, and how many different mages, and magical events that have occurred in the over 4000 year history of the school, magical oddities are the norm and not the exception. There are hallways that teleport your hundreds of feet, infinite staircases (through useful for getting to certain rooms), and in some cases rooms that don’t stay put (through some professors will insist on using them for lectures). It is highly recommended to get a guide, or have some means of being magically located such as a map available at the administrative offices (which are low magic buildings).   Much of the tenured faculty have personal towers on the campus grounds, which has only lead to more magical interference on the campus. But this magical interference has made for many good papers and books, and in a few cases has led to new spells created.   The grounds are well maintained with lots of magical plants, and the entire campus is surrounded by large trees and gardens that take up a majority of the Mirari estate. Many of the more nature focused mages, spend much of their time in this part of the campus. And like the buildings their is weird magic effects in these area as well, including several moving portals that allow for access to the feywild. These gardens extend about a half mile north, 1 mile east and a quarter mile south of the main campus. There are some buildings scattered throughout the gardens, and some people elect to live here instead of the dorms or housing.   The campus consists of a large central courtyard that on one side the Main Street of Kalash, and 3 large buildings one on each side. With the one across from the Main Street being the largest. Beyond these there are several smaller buildings, and courtyards, and several wizards towers, and many demiplanes.

Mirari Keep

The main building of the academy, houses many of the classrooms and offices, every professor and staff of note has an office here for each access. This building was the original home of Mirari, and is the oldest building in Kalash, and one of largest even when you don’t consider all of the demiplanes and expansion magic housed within.

Mirari Hall

On the southern side of the courtyard, this is the primary living quarters for undergraduate students, and some of the graduate students. It is also home to the food court which has several places to eat.

The Mirari Stacks

The building on the north side of the courtyard, houses the library of the academy. While not as impressive as the Tensor library, it does house far more restricted access books and has lots of areas for trying out spells. It also houses the largest collection of spell scrolls and spell books in the world, as it is common for alumni to donate their scrolls and spell books to the academy upon their death.    

Other Buildings

  • Several towers, home to the tenured Professors.
  • Planar Research Facility: A dedicated building north of the library, that has additional enchantments to help contain the highly volatile planar magic
  • Training Grounds: Behind the keep
  • Additional housing
  • Stables
  •  

    Notable People and Faculty

    There are currently around 250 faculty and support staff across the academy, and while this may seem low many of the faculty employ magical constructs and other techniques to assist them, as well as the occasionally student. T indicates tenured.  
  • Radu (t): Female Loxodon wizard scribe, Archmage of Mirari
  • Marcus (t): Male Half-elf ranger, groundskeeper and Professor of Magical Creatures
  • Nitt: Male Vedalken artificer, Professor of Invention
  • Jillian: Female Halfling Bard, Professor of Lore
  • Vimak divinehunter Kalagiano (t): Male Goliath cleric, Professor of Divine Studies
  • Erik: Male Human lawmage, Head of Stipends and Expenses (he is who you talk to when you need money)
  • Fomatt (t): Male Firbolg Enchanter, Professor of Enchanting (items) and Curator of Magic Items (handles the magic item collection and handles renting them out)
  • Evelyn: Female human fighter, Head of Security
  • Hassier: male Lizardfolk, head of acquisitions
  •  

    Compensation and Tenure

    Faculty at Mirari are well compensated and have access to vast resources. The monthly pay for a standard faculty member is between 500-2000 gp. Each faculty also has an office or lab, and a research stipend that can be be ample. With most of these stipends being effectly 10000+ gold per year, including discounts on magical ingredients.  

    Education and Research

    As the premier mage school in Aushudore, almost every form of magic can be a focus of study.  

    Focus Areas

    Most students who attend the academy, are expected to have a specialization, though some exceptional students may have more than 1. Undergraduate students typically focus on one of the traditional schools of magic, or in common arcane related areas such as magical creatures, lore, etc. At the graduate level, students have many options. Including the following
  • Planes and Planar Travel
  • Elemental Magic
  • Magic Item Creation (many specialties with in this)
  • Demiplanes
  • Dunamancy
  • Anti Mage Fighting
  • Lore Studies
  • The faculty here are allowed to teach essentially however they want, and exact course requirements are not defined unlike most schools. Every professor is given a title, indicating what their focus is, and there is usually on 1 or 2 for any given area.
    Founding Date
    3280 BGSW
    Type
    Education, Magic
    Subsidiary Organizations
    Location
    Students
    1000-1200   Faculty
    95 (Currently 18 tenured)   Support Staff
    Around 150

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