Alabaster Academy

Alabaster Academy was once the foremost institution of higher learning in Kintargo, and at its height the university attracted students from across Cheliax and beyond. Its reputation became sullied when, in 4599 AR, one of the academy’s most beloved professors was revealed to be a murderous sadist. The academy worked hard to rebuild its reputation, but today the school’s enrollment remains low and its glowing reputation is a thing of the past. Today, even with Ravounel’s recent upturn in escaping Chelaxian rule, the academy’s student body is only a quarter of what it was at its height 150 years ago.

Tanessen Tower

Tanessen Tower is an excellent example of the academy’s decline. One of several towers that once held student dormitories on the higher !oors and lecture halls below, Tanessen Tower had been all but deserted for nearly a decade before its patrons recently pledged to fund a renovation of the vacant dormitory tower into alchemical laboratories and lecture halls. But as Ravounel’s rebellion progressed to full independence, the Tanessen family’s allegiance to House Thrune cost them dearly, and they withdrew their financial support from the project. Today the entire tower is unused—and believed vacant—by the academy’s administration.

Made of Kintargo’s distinctive silver-streaked stone, Tanessen Tower is eight stories tall with a conical tile roof. Stone stairs run along the inside wall of each level—the lower five stories have been gutted and abandoned and contain only unfinished walls, empty door frames, and a stone staircase connecting to the other levels.