Aydinlan Seminary

The Aydinlan Seminary is a university in Yios, the capital of Aeshanadoor in Marquet. It houses the Omen Archive, a collection dedicated to research on Ruidus, and one of the largest arcane telescopes in Exandria.

Description
The Aydinlan Seminary is a university in Yios, the capital of Aeshanadoor in Marquet. Yios is touted as "the pinnacle of academia in Marquet" and competes against Ank'Harel for the position of center of academic study.

The, which researches Ruidus, is apparently part of the Aydinlan Seminary system. The archive keeps a record of Ruidusborn and studies their increasing birth rate. Its "heavier studies" are investigating origins of Ruidus in the hopes of finding who created it. Other research involves leyline patterns.

The Seminary also houses one of the largest arcane telescopes in Exandria.

Known staff and students

 * Ebenold Kai, professor and astronomer, believed to still be working at the seminary in 843 PD
 * Kadija Sumal, professor studying Ruidus, working at the seminary since about 831 PD
 * Hondir, graduate of the seminary, leyline specialist, worked with Kadija and the Omen Archive
 * Tairan, professor since about 828 PD, graduate from and former professor at Dayal Hall

Astronomer Roe Estani formerly taught at the seminary for a while but retired to the Heartmoor Hamlet some time before the events of Campaign 3, set in 843 PD. Planerider Ryn possibly worked or studied at the seminary at some point, as Estani said that he worked alongside her before his tenure or before his retirement.

History
Kadija began a study for the Omen Archive into individuals with recurring dreams of a red storm and its relationship to Ruidus. Hondir worked on this study as a researcher, and Liliana Temult volunteered as a subject around 831 PD, twelve years before Campaign 3. This project was published by 843 PD, and one copy of the research was held in the Starpoint Conservatory in Jrusar.

Researchers at the seminary, including Hondir, discovered that one of the nexuses of the Apogee Solstice in 843 PD would centered in the Hellcatch Valley. However, political interests sought to end the research to control the information being discovered. The seminary closed some of the related departments and withdrew funding. Involved researchers were instructed to abandon their projects.

Balan and Zeyar Lumas intended to do research at the Omen Archive, and they visited Yios at least once before they were murdered. Estani speculated that their interest in the archive was related to their recent membership in the Grim Verity. Estani was briefly a member himself as an underclassman student at an unspecified school, and Hondir was still a member in 843 PD.

Imogen Temult, the daughter of Liliana, sought to visit the Omen Archive and to speak to Kadija to learn more about her own powers and recurring dreams of the red storm. By, set in Sydenstar 843, a "strange, large number" of Ruidusborn were arriving in Yios, possibly at the archive, with inquiries.

Trivia

 * The Aydinlan Seminary is sometimes referred to as the "Yios Seminary" and, occasionally, the "Yios Sanctuary".
 * In Turkish and some related languages, "aydınlan" is a conjugation of "aydınlanmak", meaning "to illuminate", "to brighten", or "to become enlightened or informed". The word for moon, "ay", is related.