The Lyceum

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Hierarchy

 * Magiarch : The head of the Lyceum, and leader of the arcanists. His rule is undisputed and is more powerful than any singlular king.
 * Arch Arcanes : Princes of the Lyceum, they make up the Arch Council and are the personal advisors of the magiarch. Their duties consist of the everyday running of Senavari and relations between the lyceum and the wider world. They also pick the new Magiarch once the old one dies.
 * Four Sentinels: There are always four sentinels, one for the north, east, south and west. They watch over the four corners of the world, and can rule their personal domain how they wish to, with slight interference from the lyceum back in Senavari.
 * Master Arcanist: The head of a perticular field of arcane study at the lyceum. There are currently thirteen, one for each field of study at the lyceum.
 * High Arcanist: An arcanist can be premoted to high arcanist if they weild significant power and skill or made a contribution to their field of study.
 * Arcanist : What every student who enters the lyceum hopes to acheive.
 * Adeptus: Granted more independence and responsibilty. They are granted the opertunity to study under and work with higher ranking members of the lyceum. There is a test held twice a year which any adeptus with a nomination from three arcanist, or two high arcanists, or a single master arcanist or higher, can take in hopes of becoming a full fledged arcanist of the lyceum.
 * Neophyte: Those who pass the year of initiation become neophytes of the lyceum before moving on to become an adeptus.
 * Initiate: All hopeful aplicants of the lyceum become initiates for a single year before higher authorities decide if they have the talent to worth the exspense of the lyceum teaching them more of the arcane arts.

Initiate Year

 * At the age of thirteen all hopefuls who are deemed to have some arcane ability, no matter how small, are allowed by lyceum law to have an initiate year, where they will be taught the basics of the arcane art and be judged worthy or not to continue on at the lyceum as a neophyte.
 * Initiates are used for all manner of duties, doing everything from cleaning to being a research assisstant to serving a full arcanist.
 * They have to take mandatory classes several times a week, where they are taught the basics by a full arcanist. They are also observed durring this time and ranked in order of power and skill within their class. Those who dont get a passing grade are expelled from the lyceum. There are no second chances, once expelled there is no returning.

History of the Lyceum

 * The lyceum was founded back in the time when the Primarian Empire  Empire was at the height of its power and infleunce, controling over two thirds of the known world.
 * Back then the lyceum was a place of pure academic study, with the arcanists of the time being sharply watched by Emperor who went to efforts to restrict the arcanists fast growing power so that he could continue to control them.
 * Once the empire collapsed beneath its own size, the lyceum didnt fall with it, but instead broke free like a captive from its prison and prospered in this new time.
 * They sent out advisors to all the new rulers which began appearing, and because they were the last constant of a familar time of old, people clung to them.
 * A few ambitious men tried to force the lyceum into submision in an attempt to seize their vastly exspanding power and infleunce. Many considered the lyceum a grand prize, and thought that whoever gain control of the lyceum and its arcanists would ascend to emperor of the world, like in times of old. These few individuals were quickly disabussed of this notion that the lyceum would be coward and controled, when the arcanists rose up and used their great powers to destroy thos who would enslave them. They spread plagues through enemy armies, turned the weather against fleets of ships, created new weapons to destroy, and trained an elite army loyal to only them with no outside allegiance, the guardians.
 * Once their enemies were destroyed, they realised the mistake they had made in showing so much of their power. People had began to fear them where they were once respected. Quickly they moved to rectify to mistake, ordering their advisors around the world in all the diffrent courts, to act more sub-serviant.

Governing Bodies

 * Magiarch : The Magiarch is a single person rather than a governing bodie of the lyceum, he is like a king ruling over his kingdom and has complete authority over the lyceum.
 * Arch Council: The Arch council is made up of all the Arch Arcanes, who advise the Magiarch in his duties, and deals with the running of the city and relations with the wider world.
 * Synod: The complete body of all full arcanists within the lyceum, the synod can only be called forth at the behest of the Arch Council, and otherwise wields no power. But once called forward, the synod has the power to over rule even the Magiarchm and even has the power to despose the Magiarch if two thirds or more of the synod votes in favour of the action.
 * Four Sentinels : The sentinels of the north, east, south and west are under the lyceums authority, but since they work out in the wider world, each controling a corner of the earth, they can generaly run their individual domains how they wish to unless instructed otherwise, which is rare.