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Xetesk College City Xetesk is known as the 'Dark College' because of its links to the demon dimension and a raft of questionable practices and rituals, most of which have been outlawed under the tenure of Styliann. It is the only fully walled city in Balaia, hence its relatively low population and city guard strength. It is home to the dread Protector army. Xetesk has recently emerged from centuries of tyrannical control by successive Lords of the Mount. The assumption that the population belongs heart and soul to the college no longer holds true though suspicion remains. Too many have memories of footsteps in the dead of night. The college itself is a heavily guarded walled structure dominating the western side of the city. It has seven towers for its Masters, the Circle Seven, and a standing mage strength of around 2,500. The colour of mana for a Xeteskian mage is a deep blue and their principal research area is dimensional magics. It is still the key employer and trading partner for much domestic business. They were the first to discover the existence of alternate dimensions
and have long had a link to the demon dimension whose indigents channel
mana to Xetesk's resting mages, so greatly accelerating the recovery
of mana stamina. There is a cost but none will breathe its name. Xetesk College Lectures The Protectors |