The Mage College (Aira)

Situated in the Magus Sands in the south of Calionelen, the Mage College has for centuries been the heart of Aira's Mage community and is the place where magically talented children are sent at the age of eight or nine to train as mages. It is assumed that there are magical reasons for its remote location, though they are unknown to the rest of the world.

The college is traditionally run by a single headmaster, the teaching staff being made up of a circle of Master Mages and a number of fully-trained mages, all of whom look after and tutor the young apprentices.

The Mage College is currently under heavy Ely siege. Since the last headmaster, Basil Nechtan, passed away some months ago, control of the towers has lain with the council of Master Mages, who have erected a powerful magical barrier around the college through which the Ely cannot pass. However, as supplies have begun to diminish, most of the mages have attempted to break through the Ely blockade via the canyons to the northeast, taking with them as many young apprentices as they can, with varying degrees of success. Currently only the Masters Dunthan Nien and Chanra Zabine remain, with a handful of apprentices and mages, including Torren Relf.