Boris van Adin, the Consul of Kaeir, and Karl van Kahshaar, the
Inquisitor of Kaeir, both new to their offices after the Great Council
reforms of 1455, looked ar eacj other over a pile of reports.
"So, Karl, your report on the Green College seems good. 400 students in
the first year, and a good sized faculty already."
"Well it is not quite as rosy as you suggest, but it is progressing
well. We have filled half the faculty chairs, and look to fill them all
within the next two years. The students are good, with a surprising
number of talented students from slave or indentured backgrounds.
However, we have been experiencing a 20% failure rate, of which half
repeat and half have left the College. I imagine that failure rate will
progressively increase as the students move on to harder studies. There
was a slight problem though, briefly, with the fate of emancipated
students who were unable to continue studying in the College. It was
solved by employing them in an administrative or maintenance capacity in
the College, where they could complete the terms of their emancipation
agreement."
The students undergo a four year program in elementary studies, studying
the core components of Philosophy & Theology, Essence Studies, Authority
Studies, Celandran Physics, Healing Arts and Defence Arts. In the last
two years of elementary studies they begin specialising in a number of
areas. Upon completion of their elementary studies, students will be
known as adepts, and admissible to the advanced studies program where
they continue their specialised studies. Upon completion of the four
years of graduate studies, the adept will be recognised as a magister of
the magical arts, and entitled to use of the title magister. Magisters
can then continue on in the College in the faculty, in a teaching and
research capacity. This is the essential outline of the course of study
that myself and Erhad have worked out. Of course, we are still only in
the first year, but this is what we are planning for.
The chairs that have been created are Philosophy & Theology,
Elementalism, Essence Studies, Authority Studies, Celandran Physics,
Healing Arts, Alchemy, Obeah, Astrology, Weather Arts, and Defence
Arts. As you know, Marlupin occupies the Chair of Philosophy and
Theology and is responsible for a number of largely theoretical classes
which i nevertheless think are important for providing the students with
a broad perspective on things. Elementalism is occupied by the
Vice-Chancellor, Erhad von Celtelathi. You would know him from his
previous capacity as my advisor on native magicks - he is a noted
Kaeirean shaman. A reputable mage from Kahshaartown has occupied the
Chair of Weather Arts, we Ka'Shari Creole in Kahshaartown have long
maintained our weather magic. Other Chairs have been occupied by
reasonable sorcerers from within the Republic, though Authority Studies,
Healing Arts, Alchemy, Obeah, and Defence Arts remain empty. All of
these are quite critical, so I am considering approaching a number of
our neighbours to try to obtain suitable candidates from amongst them."
The Consul looked sideways at the Inquisitor, "Who, Karl? Mir,
Taltheran, Sedonia? There are reasons to disagree with any of those
three...."
"My good consul, of those three, Mir would be my first choice, simply
because they are the least potentially dangerous of the three. However,
I am also looking further afield. Our barbarian ally, the Panchayyah,
have their own traditions of magic. I am sending representatives to the
shamans, there for one. Other groups of sorcerers in the Midsea will
also be contacted - a handsome salary and unrestricted research in
exchange for teaching is an attractive drawcard. Of course, it would be
foolish not to seek assistance from those such as Mir, for they have
unrivalled expertise. I am even toying with the idea of entities such
as the Eerith playing some role, if they would have it and if it would
be practical. At the end of the day, Van Adin, we are greatly lacking
in magical resources. Almost all we have in terms of magical resources
has been committed to the Green College, and I suspect those that have
avoided the College have associated themselves with Brotherhood of the
Night, which is not a bad thing in itself. We will need assistance from
outside, and this I am endeavouring to obtain from a wide a range of
sources as possible.
What I am looking at in the long-term is the College providing at least
40 weather mages for the Fleet, and 200 war mages for the Guard. In the
private sphere, a weather mage on every Kaeirean merchant ship is
another, though secondary goal, something that would require numbers in
the hundreds though. Such numbers though would take decades to reach,
but it is a definite goal, and an attainable one at that.
================================
Confidentiality Statement and Disclaimer
================================
This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and contains information that is privileged and confidential. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the original message. Thank you.
----------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
