The schedule materialized on the Academic District's northern notice board precisely at the eighth bell. There was no grand announcement, no gathering of instructors. The crisp, heavy parchment was simply pinned there, indifferently sandwiched between a mundane maintenance notice for the upper rings and a dry procedural reminder regarding the oral evaluation formats.
Two weeks until the written examinations. Three weeks until the oral defenses.
Vane read through the posted list once. Feeling a cold, distinct knot tightening in his chest, he went back to the top and read it again.
Strategic Arcana
Threat Classification and Analysis
Mana Systems Theory
Pre-Consolidation History and Doctrine
