Strixhaven University

Founded some 700 years ago by five spellcasting dragons, Strixhaven University is Toril's premier institution of magical learning, drawing promising young mages from all around the plane to study in its halls. Strixhaven is divided into five colleges, each with its own campus, faculty, and magical specialties. The mission of Strixhaven University is to discover and preserve magical knowledge, disseminate that knowledge from one generation to the next, promote the free and open study of magic in all its forms, and enhance the lives of people throughout the plane through the use of magic.
The university of Strixhaven is home to a wide variety of students and spellcasters, some of whom choose to dedicate themselves to one of the paths of magic practiced by its five colleges. Each college is named after an elder dragon who founded it.

• Lorehold - Passionate scholars and explorers who dedicate their studies to adventure and discovery. Their motto is "Leave no stone unturned."
• Prismari - Mages who focus on the artistic side, using the elements to express themselves and their emotions. Their motto is "Express yourself with the elements."
• Quandrix - They are mathematician wizards, seeing math and magic as one and the same. Their motto is "Math is magic."
• Silverquill - They specialize in verbal magic, ranging from empowering poetry to biting arcane insults. Their motto is "Sharp style. Sharper wit."
• Witherbloom - They are nature mages, on both sides of the spectrum, either empowering nature or exploiting it. Their motto is "Get your hands dirty."

Each College features its own faculty, campus, magical specialties, identity, logo, and mascots. Scholarships are available to eligible students as well as the option to pay off any remaining tuition fees by working with research teams. Students pick their preferred College in their second year.

Notable locations

The campus stretches across the horizon, an intricate tangle of gleaming towers and flattened rooftops.

• The Dawnbow, A massive arch of jagged stones that float over the campus of Strixhaven. The ends of each stone point toward the ground smooth and flat.
• Archway Commons
• The Bow's End, a pub
• The Biblioplex, the vast library that is said to hold the knowledge of the Multiverse. An enormous domed building that rises above the rest of the campus.
• Torches of Enlightenment, five lines of beacon-towers radiate out from the center of Strixhaven like enormous spokes, stretching more than a hundred miles out into the surrounding countryside. These Torches of Enlightenment burn eternally with magical flame, symbolizing the path toward learning and an escape from ignorance. The five lines converge at the Biblioplex.
• The Mystical Archive, the forbidden section of the Biblioplex which holds the most powerful spells.
• The Hall of Semantics
• Semantics Dock.
• The Hall of Oracles
• The Strixhaven Snarl, an overlapping tangle of power hidden away below the school in the Hall of Oracles.
• Mage Tower Stadium

Lorehold Campus

• Kollema Hall, lecture hall for the Lorehold mages. It is a grand, multi-tiered gallery where Lorehold mages gather for large lectures and demonstrations.
• Effigy Row, The main campus area of Lorehold. Its pathways are lined with monuments of famous historical figures, including past professors and prominent mage-students as well as war heroes and heads of state from ages past.
• Pillardrop, a series of historical buildings excavated directly out of sheer, perpendicular cliffs, now used for research, classwork, and housing.

Prismari Campus

• Conjurot Hall, a towering structure with a glassed-in observation area at the top, encircled by constantly changing strands of elemental energy. The apartments and workshops of Uvilda and Nassari are on the top level.
• The Opus Walk, a garden walk lined with art created by Prismari graduates.
• Furygale, an area outside the inhabitable section of Prismari campus, used as a "graveyard" of abandoned projects and half-cast spells.
• The Firejolt Cafe

Quandrix Campus

• Torus Hall, the central hall of Quandrix campus lies at the end of a geometric series of walkways, ending in the ascending ramps to the towering building.
• The Arithmodrome, an infinite-seeming theory-space, hidden away within a water structure, where the rules of reality are suspended. Mages use this space to explore theoretical numerical possibilities.
• The Cultivarium, an eye-popping, sun-drenched garden of spiraling, cyclical plants, and fractalized animals.

Silverquill Campus

• The Loquacious Lyceum, a training ground meant only for the upperclassmen of Silverquill.
• Grandloft Hall, the main Silverquill building is a vast train-station-like space with shafts of light streaking in from the enchanted windowpanes far above.
• The Dramarium, a facility where Silverquill students train in physical fitness, dance, martial arts, and other acts of physical performance.
• The Rose Stage, a rotating circular platform on the Silverquill campus with a backdrop of roses made of magical ink that creates excellent acoustics.

Witherbloom Campus

• Widdershins Hall, the center of the Witherbloom campus is Widdershins Hall, a kind of bog mansion that looks like it was grown out of Sedgemoor itself.
• Sedgemoor, the swampy marshlands on the Witherbloom campus.
• Detention Bog, the place where Witherbloom students who misbehave in class are sent.
• Witch's Clinic, Witherbloom’s medical facilities.

Type

University / Educational complex