The Griseous Wing

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The Griseous Wing

Offering no practical elements if the study of Arcana, this Institute offers students only a theoretical, but no less valuable, insight into the hidden magics found across Idalos. As the academic institution in Idalos offering a theoretical grounding in Arcana, many arcane factions will send their members here to study in order to understand their art in more depth. However, there approximately half of the students studying at this Institute are not mages; they are interested purely in learning and understanding the purposes of the arcane arts.

Physically, this “Wing” is part of the Caesious Wing - it is located on the third floor of said wing. However there is no access to the wing from below. When the Institutes were reorganised, the decision was made to separate it entirely from that wing, to limit access into the study rooms. As such, the only access into the wing is now found on the third floor of the Prime Atheneum, which is the restricted floor of the library.

Verin Rush

Race: Human
Age: 34 Arcs
Title: Dean of the Institute of Arcana, Liaison to The Seekers
Qualification: Charter of Science in Herbalism
Letter of Science in Empathy
Skills: Herbalism - Expert
Hypnotism - Expert
Leadership - Competent
Negotiation - Expert
Poisoncrafting - Competent
Research - Expert
Rhetoric - Competent


Elder twin brother of Venser Rush, Verin was not believed to be responsible for their mother's death. He was, therefore, treated like a prince by their father, if only to emphasise the difference between him and his 'murderous' brother. The twins never fell for their father's attempted manipulative ways, however, and remained as close as two who shared a womb could be, Verin, on occasion, even going as far to take some of his drunken father's blows, to save Venser from the pain. As Verin was given every chance to study at the Viden Academy, Venser was not gifted the same opportunity, and received only the compulsory education. By the time his learning ended, however, the younger of the Rush twins had been claimed as a Neophyte in the faction of The Seekers.

As Verin gained more and more qualifications with each passing year, Venser too rose through the ranks, until both held respectable positions in each organisation. The Dean of the Academy, realising that one of his employees had a twin brother who was now the Inquisitor for the Northern Cell of the Seekers, decided to promote Verin a final time, making him a Liaison between the two organisations and, for the first time, allowing academic, theoretical study of arcana to take place. To have full weight as the new Liaison, he also took on the title of Dean of the Institute of Arcana, though Verin's personal knowledge of arcana is relatively sparse, and he had a number of more qualified people working below him in his Institute.

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