The Forgotten Academy Adventure

Long ago, before the gods went to war and brought the Great Strife to Cartyrion, the most promising students of magical arts were sought out and invited to further their studies in a very special place. This magical university was simply called "The Academy". Its masters and students pursued varied fields of study, attempting to understand the Six Energies that made up the world and everything in it - magical or not.

Location

The Forgotten Academy is located in the mountains west of the Orclands, which are themselves just west of the kingdom of Tyrnabay. It is situated on the banks of a river that feeds down from the peaks and feeds into Evermist Lake. The Orcs now call this river, the Weirdflow - a name coined after the carcasses of a few dead creatures - misshapen creatures unlike any that lived in the wilds that the Orcs frequented - were carried downstream. The upper reaches of the river are taboo lands to the Orc clans living along the shores of the lake.

The Academy was situated in a basin surrounded by the mountains on three sides, with the river on the fourth. Several massive stone structures were erected there, most likely with the aid of the Dwarves from the nearby Waking Delve. These buildings are now ruins, partly because of the passage of over two thousand years since they were occupied, and partly because of whatever catastrophe befell the Academy to cause its demise even before the Great Strife. Despite the years of neglect, though, the buildings are more or less intact - a testament to both Dwarven stone skills and the strength of magical wards placed on the buildings by those who kept the Academy.

Arriving at the Academy

Above ground, there are four main structures to be explored:

the Main Hall

the Dormitory Tower

the Library Tower

the Kitchens