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But such goals should be something that guide connects the Commons to Dalannan Proper.
you down the path of knowledge—things that One side of this bridge holds little shops and
can evolve and change with your character. vendors catering to students, while the opposite
side is the standard place to display notices of
interest to students.
THE SHAPE OF THE DISTRICT
Morgrave University is located in Upper Menthis INTERESTING LOCATIONS
Plateau, where it occupies the aptly named
Upper Menthis is a center for entertainment,
University district. The university itself occupies
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the massive Dalannan Tower; this includes a
located in the University District, including the
number of layers.
edgy Art Temple, more traditional Grand
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Dalannan Proper, the levels directly and dinner theater. Students feeling bold may
below the dome. descend as far as Lower Menthis, home to a wide
• The Dezina Museum of Antiquities variety of illicit entertainments… including the
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other expeditions, though anything truly Detention. This tavern celebrates its
valuable tends to be sold by the university. reputation as a watering hole for the worst
students in Morgrave. There’s always an exotic
• The Morgrave University Library
drinking game or a lively debate on the current
stretches down below, with levels and levels
state of the Race of Eight Winds. Detention is
of stacks below the public reading rooms.
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While the library has its limits—including
claims to be a excoriate, driven from House
a level of disorganization that results in
Ghallanda after refusing to water down her ale,
texts being randomly lost in the stacks for
but some say she’s the Ghallanda patriarch’s
decades—it is the most extensive collection
heir. The warforged bouncer Bumper keeps the
in Breland.
rowdiest students under control.
• Below the Library lie the Vaults. Golden Horn. This wealthy inn includes a
These hold crates of relics waiting to be library, a few large meeting rooms, and a small
catalogued, shelves of oddities deemed to concert hall. Rumors say that this is an outpost
have little monetary or academic value, and of the secret Circle of Song, a society of bards
a few heavily secured chambers holding and entertainers spread across Khorvaire;
artifacts deemed too valuable or dangerous others swear that House Thuranni and House
to be put on display. Phiarlan regularly send talent scouts to the
Breland Spire is adjacent to Dalannan Tower Golden Horn. Many aspiring musicians perform
and holds the standard student dormitories. The at the Horn in the hopes of being noticed by
Commons is a large open-air plaza situated one of these organizations.
atop Breland Spire. This massive rooftop garden The Great Hall of Aureon. Devoted to the
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a wide range of culinary options. A wide bridge Many scholars and sages make the pilgrimage
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