The Citadel

The Grand Citadel of Belthwys is home to the famed Scholars. It sits in the heart of the city and all of it's twisting canals eventually sprawl toward the colossal structures, the Citadel consists of five buildings; a middle sturdy circular tower that houses the bulk of classrooms and contains the gargantuan library that attracts visitors from all over The Gauntlet and even from the Other Lands. Surrounding the large tower are four thinner but much, much taller spires that stretch into the clouds, each of these spires is dedicated to one of the four areas of specialist magic that The Citadel devotes itself to.

The knowledge that is passed onto students is closely guarded by The Citadel, according to them, this is to preserve the sanctity of magic (most agree it is to ensure that they make people pay for the information). The governing body of The Citadel is made up of five elders, a Grand Elder who is tasked with the day to day running of the school and then four other Elders, each one in charge of one of the spires surrounding the main building and the students that reside within them.

Anyone with enough coin can enroll to be a Scholar, though the lessons are hard and mainly theoretical in nature and deal with politics and trading, only those with enough perseverance will be able to use true magic and even that is low magic such as conjuring an orb of light. It is not unknown for the Citadel to award grants to particularly promising yet poor Scholars, it is said the government of Belthwys has tried to encourage this to break the large class barrier and to discourage The Citadel from being an organisation solely comprising of the wealthy and affluent.