The Baobab School
Located a few miles outside the city of Adeffa, the Baobab School is known for training many magicians in the ancient traditions of Aethiope. Lectures are held in the hollow portion of a great baobab tree, one nearly 2,000 years old and fully 40 feet across. The academy has no walls outsiders can see, merely a ladder set up next to a low spot for people to climb up into the hollow of the tree. It is said, though, that without an invitation it is impossible to enter the tree. In fact, over the centuries, outsiders who have tried to attack the tree have had no real success; apparently, despite its lack of walls, the school (and its tree home) is well protected.
No one knows how many scholars and students belong to the Baobab School. Sometimes, no one comes out of the tree for weeks, with a single student receiving supplies at the ladder. Other times, the tree seems to be almost as busy as an anthill, with people coming and going in all directions. When asked, locals shrug and guess that a hundred people (or maybe a few more) live inside the tree. This would seem impossible even for so large a tree; again, locals shrug and simply say it must be bigger on the inside.
Magicians from the Baobab School frequently become important residents of towns and cities in the Central Kingdoms and areas farther south. With experience, some advance to become prominent advisors at the court of the negus in Adeffa and at other royal courts in the area. A few move to Khemit and may even rise to be influential in that royal court; rumor says that each pharaoh of Khemit has had a Baobab magician as an advisor for four dynasties now.
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