In the harbour of the Asgoran capital Thenon lies the academy Hardas Lockheist, two miles from the first breakwaters. On a high reef, in the middle of a mostly agitated sea, lies a jet-black building that is bathed in a magical fog all year round. From the sea, only a billowing mass of mist can be seen, from which countless tall black towers rise above, with no windows.
The Academy is the seat of the Council of Mages and thus also the central location of the Asgoran Guild of Mages. To a stranger, only a small landing stage reveals that people are by no means alien to this island, for there are always a few rowing boats to be found. The magic mist comes from an artefact deep inside the academy. Its secret is as guarded by the teachers as its name. All that is known is that this artefact lays an eternal fog over the small island. What it is really all about, and how Ce-Nya, the Titan of the Fog, has her hands in it, is unknown.
The school mainly teaches the art of elemental magic, but hermeticism and astral magic are also taught here.