Overview

An organization rumored to be highly secretive and highly selective that exists to study the arcane arts in the The Riding. It is uncertain if it even exists.The Lyceum Arcanum was established after the the Dread Invasion by faculty within the Grand Lyceum of the Riding in order to establish sufficient arcane abilities within the Riding to potentially combat or neutralize the arcane powers of the Empire of Polonia. The Lyceum Arcanum attempts to act in secret, avoiding direct confrontation with the Empire or their magic users, and preserving their anonymity.

History

Historically, arcane practitioners within the Riding were few and very secretive. Many had origins outside of the Riding but had come to be able to indulge their scholarly pursuits without interference or threat.

Composition

The Lyceum Arcanum is rumored to have ten seats. Two co-adjudicators sit in the black and white seats and represent the two divergent interests of the council. The white seat supports and promotes positions associated with attempts to counteract the power of the Polonians and expand the council's influence. The black seat supports and promotes policies associated with maintaining the secrecy of the council and protecting the safety of the council and council members. Each of the other eight seats exists to support the goals of their school of magic.

Each seat is filled via a challenge system in which each council member must defend their seats against others that wish to take it. The exact method by which the challenges are conducted in unknown.

Schools of Magic

Abjuration: spells of protection, blocking, and banishing. Specialists are called abjurers.
Conjuration: spells that bring creatures or materials. Specialists are called conjurers.
Divination: spells that reveal information. Specialists are called diviners.
Enchantment: spells that magically imbue the target or give the caster power over the target. Specialists are called enchanters.
Evocation: spells that manipulate energy or create something from nothing. Specialists are called evokers.
Illusion: spells that alter perception or create false images. Specialists are called illusionists.
Necromancy: spells that manipulate life or life force. Specialists are called necromancers.
Transmutation: spells that transform the target. Specialists are called transmuters.

Council Members

Mistress Valenna holds the Abjuration Seat on the Council.

Adepts and Outlaws

Almost every wizard practitioner of the arcane arts in the Riding must be under the protection of a seated member of the council as an adept.

Practitioners that do not have council membership or protection are deemed outlaws and may be hunted, neutralized or even killed. Typically, extremely low level practitioners in far-flung villages or trade guilds are deemed to be beneath notice. High level practitioners that have spurned the council are perhaps beyond its ability to manage. Mid-level practitioners, especially those that are public with their abilities are likely to be harshly dealt with by the council.

It addition to the eight seated members of the Lyceum Arcanum, there are rumored to be another twenty to fifty adepts and an unknown number of outlaws.

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