University of Spellcraft

The University of Spellcraft is a floating college of the arcane arts. It was founded by Aemil Darkthorn and his daughter, Cecil Darkthorn. It is a giant chunk of land being held up over the Great Ocean of the Ice God by 4 stones called The Stones of Matter.

Background
The university was created because Aemil thought magic should be practiced more and that it was a necessity. Back in his days, magistars were frowned upon and magic was only practiced in secret. Even then, only the bravest of people would practice it. This was because most of the homeland (the mainland continent, except for the Badlands) were mercenaries who hated magic. This time period is called the War of Spellsword. Aemil's daughter, Cecil, ended the war using a combination of wind magic and rapier skill to take down both a large mage and mercenary army. It took about another 4 years for mages to finally be accepted into society.

The Stones of Matter were found by an old nomad and given to Aemil for a hefty price. Aemil knew that these stones were powerful, powerful enough to lift a whole continent of off the water. He used it to move the Island of Prince Rudiger (see: Prince Rudiger) off from the ocean and into the air. From their, he and about 20 Gerdai stonemasons created the large college.

Architecture
The architecture of the university is a mixture of Dark Elf, Gerdai, and Human architectures. It uses many arches, which was adapted from Humans. It's base is a giant tree named the "Tree of Arcanecraft", which was adapted from Dark Elves. And the separate buildings being connected through bridges and walkways in the air is adapted from the Gerdai.

Within the university are many hallways, about 2,350 classrooms, 2 cafeterias, 2 gyms for playing around and having fun, 28 practice rooms, about 4,000 dorms and an auditorium. The inside of the school looks like the inside of a tree, resembling that of most Dark Elf homes. Each classroom has an ancient rune carved into them for good luck, and the auditorium has a whole ancient rune script carved on the back wall. (See: Ancient Rune Script or The Tale of 2 Heroes.)

Appearances
The University of Spellcraft is first mentioned in Book 2 by a minor assassin in The Creed when he's speaking to Ivan Espinal.

"Look, the only way you ever hope to defeat Sharon is by going into the university and learning the cure for vampirism. If you could inject her with it, she'll become powerless for about 4 minutes and become way weaker. Even then, you might lose."

"Wait...what university?"

"The University of Spellcraft."

In book 3, the main setting is the university. There, he meets the school's students and begins the cure for vampirism. He also learns some other useful things like soul trapping and jewel enchanting. At the end of the book he leaves with Edwin Nunez, the headmaster of the school.

The Students
The students of the university are diverse in culture. It used to be a school that only allowed Humans, Elves, Gerdai, Etherbeings and Kenfyl. However, when Jonathan Nunez took over as headmaster, he allowed all races in the school.

