The Gyre

The Gyre is a wide, spacious building built in the middle of a natural depression in the land on the Brunnhold campus. The building, built partially underground, is designed to be a spiral rising from the ground and reaching three stories high. The spiral and the circular motifs are meant to invoke the circular dials of clocks, and thus the passage of time, in homage to Alioe. Designed by the celebrated Hoxian architect Rhovian Edrickx, it uses a lot of magically toughened glass in its construction, and has been largely given over to the student community. It serves as the Student & Community Centre for the university.

The Dome

The underground areas include a spacious dome, commonly used as the indoor equivalent of the field of practical applications. However unlike the Lawn, unstructured duelling is forbidden. The floor is embedded with many differently sized, permanent circles of the most frequent types. These circles only need addition of a single tiled piece to be activated, thus making casting much more convenient. The dome has an attached library which loans out many of the standard spell components and constructs used in casting to students for Dome or Gyre work, as well as circle tiles for completing the embedded circles .

Tiered balconies circle the dome from above, making this the ideal place to also hold popular arcane competitions, as well as more mundane sports matches.

The Cells

These make up most of the rest of the interior of the Gyre. The Cells are a collection of rooms that are suitable for a host of activities, from study and practice sessions, to various activity clubs, to dancing spaces. The larger halls can be sectioned off into smaller places by dragging wooden screens across. The cells can be booked by individual students or registered clubs at the Student Affairs office on the ground floor.

NPCs List

• Cyril Edgeguard - Male, 25, Galdor: Proctor of The Gyre.