Nerundel Halls

Understanding Nerundel Halls first requires an understanding the gnomish city of Nerundel itself. Located high in Castrovel'a Korinath Mountains, Nerundel is known for its perilous cliffside architecture and for Greengate, a permanent portal that enables trade with fey of the First World. Primal fey magic permeates Nerundel and the entire ecosystem for miles around, and the city blooms with a diverse array of magical species, making it a place of pilgrimage for biotechnicians and xenodruids and home of one of the university’s oddest professors, the Oracle of Nerundel (CN xenodruid oracle of Oras). The Oracle of Nerundel is one of the sacred trees and spends its time cataloging rare species and genomes. The tree is also Dean of Students, and its treehouse serves as a popular, if highly exclusive, campus dormitory.
The Nerundel Halls campus lies on both sides of the Korinath divide, with stonework balconies, hanging gardens, and tiled public squares throughout. The students, faculty, and staff cross the East Campus to the West Campus via zip lines, intricately carved gondolas, personal gliders, or other methods of flight. Although computer science and engineering are taught at Nerundel Halls, the constructs made here tend to be overly intricate clockwork creations designed for whimsy more than function.
Fey students comprise a full third of the student body, and another third come from Castrovel: Gnome, Elf, Lashunta and even some Formian. Most of the other students hail from other Pact Worlds. Witchwarpers and mystics abound, but other spellcasters and devotees of magic in its purest form also choose Nerundel Halls. With such a chaotic group of students, pranks on the campus are legendary. The most imaginative of these are immortalized as stories passed down from one generation to the next, and graduating seniors vie to outdo their predecessors. By tradition, the most highly esteemed pranks involve high-level magic and well-considered consequences that include everyone in the joke. Some senior pranks are so detailed that they serve as graduate theses in their own right.

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Educational, School/Academy