The Studium was a hulking citadel, towering over the kingdoms around it. To onlookers, it seemed so vast that its rooms might be infinite. Its walls: insurmountable. Perhaps they kept the townsfolk of the nearby settlements out, or perhaps they kept a great many terrible things in.
Having reached adulthood, you have been offered to the Studium by kith an kin. In return, they'll reap the otherworldly benefits of the Studium's knowledge and never again lay eyes upon you.
