The Academy of Ashenveil occupied the northeastern quadrant of the Scholar's Ward — a compound of seven buildings arranged around a central courtyard, connected by covered walkways and surrounded by a wall that was decorative rather than defensive. The wall bore the Academy's motto in carved Common script:
From the forge of ignorance, the steel of understanding.
Ryn had been a student for four months. Long enough to stop being awed by the architecture. Not long enough to stop being awed by the people inside it.
