Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

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CHAPTER 6 | STARTING POINT: MORGRAVE UNIVERSITY 153

But such goals should be something that guide
you down the path of knowledge—things that
can evolve and change with your character.


THE SHAPE OF THE DISTRICT


Morgrave University is located in Upper Menthis
Plateau, where it occupies the aptly named
University district. The university itself occupies
the massive Dalannan Tower; this includes a
number of layers.



  • The tower is crowned by Lareth Hall,
    a beautiful domed structure than holds
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  • Classrooms and auditoriums occupy
    Dalannan Proper, the levels directly
    below the dome.

  • The Dezina Museum of Antiquities
    occupies a number of levels below
    Dalannan Proper. This showcases many
    wonders recovered from Xen’drik and
    other expeditions, though anything truly
    valuable tends to be sold by the university.

  • The Morgrave University Library
    stretches down below, with levels and levels
    of stacks below the public reading rooms.
    While the library has its limits—including
    a level of disorganization that results in
    texts being randomly lost in the stacks for
    decades—it is the most extensive collection
    in Breland.

  • Below the Library lie the Vaults.
    These hold crates of relics waiting to be
    catalogued, shelves of oddities deemed to
    have little monetary or academic value, and
    a few heavily secured chambers holding
    artifacts deemed too valuable or dangerous
    to be put on display.


Breland Spire is adjacent to Dalannan Tower
and holds the standard student dormitories. The
Commons is a large open-air plaza situated
atop Breland Spire. This massive rooftop garden
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a wide range of culinary options. A wide bridge


connects the Commons to Dalannan Proper.
One side of this bridge holds little shops and
vendors catering to students, while the opposite
side is the standard place to display notices of
interest to students.

INTERESTING LOCATIONS
Upper Menthis is a center for entertainment,
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Detention. This tavern celebrates its
reputation as a watering hole for the worst
students in Morgrave. There’s always an exotic
drinking game or a lively debate on the current
state of the Race of Eight Winds. Detention is
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claims to be a excoriate, driven from House
Ghallanda after refusing to water down her ale,
but some say she’s the Ghallanda patriarch’s
heir. The warforged bouncer Bumper keeps the
rowdiest students under control.
Golden Horn. This wealthy inn includes a
library, a few large meeting rooms, and a small
concert hall. Rumors say that this is an outpost
of the secret Circle of Song, a society of bards
and entertainers spread across Khorvaire;
others swear that House Thuranni and House
Phiarlan regularly send talent scouts to the
Golden Horn. Many aspiring musicians perform
at the Horn in the hopes of being noticed by
one of these organizations.
The Great Hall of Aureon. Devoted to the
Sovereign of Law and Lore, this grand temple is
an architectural marvel as well as a sacred site.
Many scholars and sages make the pilgrimage
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