Lento College

Caspian Bardic College

Population: 1,300 students, 50 faculty

Ruler: Headmaster Archibald Goldgrain

Known for: Training Caspian Bards

This massive school in the south of Caspia is built on a cliffside overlooking the Middle Sea. It is the best — and only — established college in Caspia. It has a large, ring-like structure with four high towers. Its central courtyard is used as an amphitheater for lectures, recitals, and public performances. The school focuses on teaching the arts, poetry, literature, music, painting, and other crafts. The minstrels and heralds who accompany Caspian nobility often attend Lento College.

Due to the Edicts of Lumen, the school is strictly prohibited from teaching magic. Rufus Stonewall, an Amethyst Academy academic, is positioned at the college to oversee the teachings of these Caspian artists. His specific task is to observe and see if any students possess magical potential as bards, and to send them to an Academy school to further train their arcane skills. Many of these bards return to Caspia to finish their artistic training and hone their Academy-learned magic skills. Many of Caspia’s noble houses prize the talents of a Lento-trained artist.