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University of Haven

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In the southeast corner of The Cauldron is Hypotenuse Square, site of the University of Haven. Actually a collection of schools with no central organization, the University is one of the few schools of its type in the Confederation of the Ten Cities, and is attended by students from all over the region.

Various schools in the University include:

  • Institute of Mathematics: covering everything from theoretical mathematics, geometry, and architectural engineering to economics and basic bookkeeping
  • College of Physical Naturalism: deals with such subjects as Astronomy, Geology, and Natural Laws (Physics)
  • College of Natural Philosophy: expounds to its students the Laws of Nature relating to flora and fauna, usually based on tradition and third or fourth hand reports rather than on experiments and investigation
  • School of Alchemy: teaches magical and non-magical chemistry
  • College of Rhetoric: covers grammar, rhetorical speech, debate, philosophy and history
  • College of the Mystic Arts: Home to the teaching of most forms of magic; it is the only part of the university not located in the Scholar’s Triangle
  • College of Common Law: deals with legal debate and the study of local and traditional laws, considered a vital part of the education of sons of the nobility in these modern days when more battles are fought in the Courts than the field
  • School of Medicine: teaches anatomy, diagnosis, and the creating of potions for treating illness and injury

The students who attend the University are a rowdy lot and not always the best of neighbors for the elves and other residents of The Cauldron. Students are usually the sons of well-to-do guildsmen and merchants, as well as those of the nobility who no longer consider education the province of the clerics and scribes. A great number of the students are from other cities and towns in the region. The students usually have an allowance from home, much of which goes to less academic pursuits in the taverns, or on The Street of Silk Veils. They generally have an attitude of contempt for the less educated townsmen, which sometimes makes them less than popular. Even among the students, the turmoil between the old noble families and the newly rising mercantile class continues.

The Young Stallions have found a number of supporters among the young nobles who are also students of the University. In opposition there has also arisen a faction among the students of guild and mercantile background. This faction is led by Tertian Doming, son of a wealthy merchant from Huy Lankh, a city north of the Wold. A student of the School of Law, Tertian is an excellent speaker able to rouse the support of his fellows. He is also too intelligent to be provoked into a physical confrontation and easily appears the better of any of the Young Stallions in a rhetorical duel.

Another incident that has recently caused a great deal of debate among both the students and teachers of the University and the city’s society as a whole is the publication of a paper by Professor Diego di Mantua which demonstrates how the decline of the nobility and the rise of the merchant and middle classes is a logical and predictable progression into a New Age. Needless to say, this paper has thrust the good professor into notoriety and has made him the focus of attention from both the militant Young Stallions, who burned 200 copies of the document in the square, and the students led by Tertian Doming who gather around him for discussions. Of late, the upper society of Haven (particularly the high guild and merchant families), have made the Professor a highly fashionable guest on the social circuit, a role with which he is not at all comfortable.

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