The Arcane Colleges

The Arcane Colleges is an Imperial educational institution with the intention of educating spell casters and arcane scholars. The Arcane Colleges is a collective name for all the five Colleges spread across Chilastra. The Arcane Colleges are the only legitimate schools for magic in the Empire.

The current High Priest of Arcana is Dravos Cuuran.

History
The first Arcane College was founded in the year 399 in Paladia by the Empire, to serve as an educational institution to allow people to learn about magic and the arcana, and to also allow people to study into becoming spell casters.

The Arcane College of Paladia was established to minimize alternative ways to learn arcana and the art of black magic. This would allow a select few people to enroll into the College and learn the correct way to master magic. The entry fee was set to 5000 gold and the tuition for each year was 3500 gold, which meant that only the rich could afford this type of education, which limited many poorer citizens to learn about arcana. This caused a spike in the teachings of black magic and necromancy across Paladia, and thus the College's entry fee was removed and the tuition was lowered to 3000 gold per year. This was still viewed as very expensive, but at least there was some hope for poorer citizens to save up money to attend at least a year out of the maximum five years one can choose to attend.

After the Arcane College of Paladia saw great success, more Colleges were to open across all of Chilastra.

In the year 484 there was a total of five Colleges in Paladia, Dhanash, Ordil'Aran, the Great Plains and Azuremyst. No other Colleges have been constructed since.

In present time, all Colleges combined host a total of 14,000 students with a staff of 1100 mages.

Curriculum
All Arcane Colleges focus on different schools of magic. Below is a list of which College focuses on what school of magic.

- The Arcane College of Paladia; conjuration and transmutation.

- The Arcane College of Dhanash; enchantment.

- The Arcane College of Ordil'Aran; illusion.

- The Arcane College of the Great Plains; diviniation.

- The Arcane College of Azuremyst; abjuration.

None of the Arcane Colleges teach necromancy or evocation, and none of the Colleges teach anything about black magic.

Apart from teaching students actual spell casting, the Colleges all focus on educating students in arcane history and religion.