Arcane Academy of Bregate

The Arcane Academy of Bregate was the largest institution of magical learning in Noslith, founded in Bregate in 4E.813 by King Aeron Gardner at the behest of the Infernal Pact, who saw such universities as opportunities to recruit new diabolists. The academy was a massive, monolithic building that was seemingly windowless. Its halls were split into eight wings, one for each school of magic, although the school of Necromancy was abandoned after the Conquest in 4E.913. The school was secretly built above Caer Cythraul, the seat of the Lord-Prelate of the diabolists of Noslith, an Infernal stronghold of some power. Although many of its crueler students were recruited by the Infernal Pact, some others with dark tendencies joined the Brotherhood of Illusionists.

In 5E.1127, mages of the Arcane Academy enchanted the blade Tyrung, forged by dwarves by Prince Gerwyn as a gift for King Rodric the Mad. The blade later replaced the lost ancestral axe of House Arvendon, Aeledfyr. When Bregate was occupied some fifty years later during Noslith's war with Traewyn, the Arcane Academy was left undisturbed, likely due to Infernal corruption in the Empire of Traewyn. Later, in the thirteenth century, the princesses and later first royal sorceresses Ceridwen and Shavonne caused a stir by attending the Academy in their youth. The royal mages would later found the Athenaeum in Agrawel. In 5E.1324 and throughout the war with Wraemore, the Arcane Academy was nearly destroyed and became a continuous target in various battles fought for Bregate against the dragonblooded invaders. The academy survived to 5E.1522, when it was lead by Headmaster Anduil Amonwel, an elven wizard. The outbreak of the plague, the general stigma against mages and the cry for justice to be brought against the Infernal Pact lead to several riots against the Academy. The academy continued training new mages, however, even after the quarantine on the plagued slums broke and the Rasping Pox entered Godsgrove. Raiwen Talethar was a novice and later a mistress at the Arcane Academy. Her brother, Rydel, was also a novice. Tegwen attended the school along with each member of her Company of Eight, although only Pancras returned to teach Evocation at the academy. Later, under Tegwen's direction, the stores at the Arcane Academy were robbed by a fiery sorceress of the Infernal Pact called Amaranth, who was rewarded with the position of Vicaress of Wallow. The Heroes of Blackbridge were asked to investigate the matter by Solveig on behalf of the Academy but were unable to determine the culprit or find the stolen goods. In truth, the goods were used by the Infernal Pact, again under Tegwen's direction, to synthesize a cure for the Rasping Pox.

The Academy finally closed after the raid on Caer Cythraul by Sir Elric Thrussell and the Sons of Rhydderch. The wizards largely abandoned the academy afterwards, while those who remained were likely destroyed along with the structure when Bregate was ruined in the Deluge.