Erudition

City of Towers and Mages. In a low lying valley along the southern shores of the Tethys, is a city of innumerable towers, spires, columns, and pillars of varying heights, circumferences and styles. Founded by a group of mages, and governed by a Council of Magisters, the city was designed around their affection for living in tall structures that rise above both the lands and people they protected benevolently, or owned in servitude. Today, the towers serve as a caste system of the city, with those having low magical aptitude and/or import living at ground level, in small unremarkable Tumulus, and the slightly superior Cairns and Pyres, referred to as “Dirt Dwellers.” Those with notable or great magical prowess and/or influence live in Spires and Obelisks, “The Ascendants,” that scrape the underside of the low lying clouds and mist that blanket the valley. The largest of the towers has existed since the founding of the city, referred to as The Monolith, “The Cloud Piercer” "Heaven's Reach" and is the only structure in the city that actually rises above the valley’s clouds. Only those of particular importance or strength are granted access to its interiors. Many of those who live within its walls are reclusive and secretive. Though no one know exactly how many reside within, there is rumor that it is a construct of infinite space, containing multiple pocket dimensions to accommodate the residents and their belongings.
Being a city steeped in magic and occupied by its practitioners, the regulation and control of such abilities is highly important to maintain order within its boarders. Learned spellcasters are required to obtain licensure for each spell level they are capable of casting. The mage must apply for and undergo a practical examination, in order to be permitted to use said abilities. Innate magic users, are required to undergo physical examination, and have a phylactery of blood kept on file for reference and monitoring. In either case, upon completion of the practical or physical exam, the practitioner is then marked with an invisible mark indicating that they have completed the required registration. Members of the Eldritch Guard, carry devices that are capable of seeing these marks to ensure that the magician is licensed. Contrary to the conspiracy theorists, the marks do not enable any control or subjugation of the bearer by governmental agents.
Architecture: Clay and Earth (Tumuli), Unhewn Stone and Wood (Cairns and Pyres), Worked Stone/Masonry and Metal (Spires, Obelisks, The Monolith)
Commerce: Magical Goods/Services, Academia, Literature, Medicine, Alchemy, Magical/Medicinal Plants and Components.
Population: Human, Elf, Half-Elf, Gnome
Society: Council of Magisters, Unofficial Caste System
Notable Locations:

• The Ladders: A region that houses those who strive to make their way up the social system, as well as those who pretend to be above their station.
• Scrap Yard: Subterranean area where many of the abandoned and broken constructs have set up a shanty town.
• The Ward: Location of city barracks and HQ called Sages' Rebuke which also serves as the prison. 
• Paper District: Legal and Library district.
• Primer's Path: Aptitude testing and early education.
• The Journeymage: Mercenary mages for hire
• Jaded Lover 
• Rods, Wands, and Quarterstaves: Arcane weapon/focus shop
• Meta-Physical: Armor and Weaponsmith
• Zenith Ascent: Highest elevation of the city, location of the Cloudpiercer, and Academia Arcana 
• Plateau: Middle elevation of the city, the middle class congregate here
• Ground Zero/Asymptote: Lowest/base level of the city where the poorest/lowest in aptitude reside. 

Notable Organizations:

• Eldritch Guard
• Geologic Institute of Greenmount 
• Hauers and Hurriers 
• Axal Minimis  
• Council of Magisters

Miscellany:

• Location of the renown university, Academia Arcana, founded by The Eight Pillars.
• Transportation among the taller Spires and Obelisks, includes a system of cable cars that run on the thermal expansion of the stored cryoenergy produced by the Algid Mills that processes the unnaturally frigid waters of Otiluke's Linn.
• The clouds surrounding Heaven's Reach frequently crackle with electric discharge due to the warding enchantments used to prevent scaling its surface.
• Streets and the skies of the upper, taller reaches of the city, are filled with rikshaw like carriages. Those pulled by biologic life forms are considered to be the most basic, next are those by automatons, then those by magic, and finally those capable of flight are of the rarest and prestigious.

Erudition, Post Fall: Needless to say, the birth of nine new deities comprised of the residual spiritual energies of millions of souls, had a significant impact on magic in the world of Tre'Noivs, particularly those related to necromancy... While certainly, the cities of Eosorien and Denouement have been affected the most in this global shift, Erudition, with its high volume of practitioners of the magic arts in general, has experienced trials and tribulations associated with the change in balance...
A previously sporadically practiced sect of magic, revered and seen by most as taboo, has seen a sudden surge of popularity and new disciples. Those previously practicing in secret or illegally for fear of ridicule or persecution, now felt emboldened to reveal themselves and practice out in the open. Fledgling necromancers without a respect for the art, began to band together, some brazen enough to even call themselves cultists and claim to practice in the name of a higher power. Those powerful enough, or reckless enough, to end up on the radar of the authorities were dealt with accordingly. Those clever enough to practices in the shadows, or evade capture, have continued to do so, until a change in the status quo, experimental accident, or are turned for illegal practices for a reward.