'One of the glintstone crowns bestowed upon Raya Lucaria scholars whose pursuits were deemed worthy. Increases intelligence to the detriment of stamina. The Karolos Conspectus is the oldest of the academy's lineages of study, begat by the sorcerer Azur. Scholars who follow in his footsteps pursue the mysteries of comets.' Raya Lucaria's faculty is divided into Conspectii, colleges, each with its own specialization, its own crown, its own blue or violet glintstone variant. Karolos is the oldest, begat by the sorcerer Azur: scholars who follow in his footsteps pursue the mysteries of comets. Olivinus began with the sorcerer Lusat, and its adherents continue his study of meteors; the Battlemages, for their part, belong to the Haima Conspectus, the adjudicator of the academy, whose scholars seek to quell conflict with cannon fire and the gavel. Lazuli is the most heretical: Lazuli scholars came to see the moon as equal to the stars, and their dexterity-augmented spells (Carian Slicer, Glintblade Phalanx) were tolerated but never officially endorsed.

'Scholars of the Lazuli Conspectus study Carian sorceries - a heterodox pursuit that views the moon as equal to the stars.' The Twinsage Conspectus is the elite one: its scholars were 'the elites of the academy, permitted to study and excel in sorceries of all kinds'. Their crown greatly increases intelligence to the detriment of HP and stamina. Nor do these four exhaust the academy's rolls: the crown of Hierodas was granted to scholars who engaged in nomadic study away from the academy, and whenever war broke out and the academy sealed its gates, only Haima's scholars dared venture outside. 'Seclusion is no way to foster discovery; it is only a convenient form of escape.'