(01-15-2017, 10:43 PM)GentleGiraffe Wrote: I need to admit I'm a little confused about the nature of the Forum's opinion with regards to teaching Sharlayan Astrology.
One of the prominent political parties in Sharlayan's ruling body, the Forum, are staunchly opposed to the dissemination of their collected knowledge to outsiders. This party is known as the Bibliothecs. While Sharlayan has been an institution for learning and academia across the known world for centuries, their leaders and scholars share the belief that certain knowledge could be dangerous if readily available to the masses. So the Studium has elected to not allow the teaching of certain arts and practices to outsiders, as they fear these practices would be misused for war, something else that the Sharlayans by and large staunchly oppose. The Necrologos, a Sharlayan tome containing myriad voidsent entities, is one good example of why they don't want certain knowledge leaked to the world. The magic of the Sharlayan Astrologian is one such practice.
In times past, violation of this law likely would not have warranted an assassination on foreign soil, however, the current leader of the Bibliothecs party, Sevestre, is a bit extreme and Sharlayan's Forum are still a bit miffed at Louisoix's disregard for their rules. (And yes, Levava is the one person who could destroy Sevestre's position in the Forum and possibly cripple the Bibliothec's reputation, hence the mighty need for assassination.)
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:Starting with the prestigious Studium, Sharlayan has numerous famed academies that accept students from all nations. In times past, Eorzean pupils eagerly flocked to Sharlayan’s settlement in the Dravanian hinterlands from all corners of the realm. There, they studied a multitude of subjects from different fields - though it seems that instructors reserved certain wisdom for those of Sharlayan citizenship alone.
-Sharlayan Lore Compilation
-Bibliothecs Lore
Hope this helps! ^^
