The Salumäe Academy of Science
Nikita Salumäe was a practical man with an insatiable curiosity. A close colleague of Elros Adomaitis, Salumäe specialized in the more technological branch of the mages guild, aiding in the design of the magical contraptions. For years he worked with Adomaitis, but disagreements about the mysterious Ariamite arose when Salumäe suggested trying to explain it further through more scientific means. The recent surge of scientific knowledge being brought to Nuvaria with her immigrants fascinated Salumäe, and he consumed all the knowledge he could get his hands on. It lead him to question everything he had been taught and nearly maddened him with obsession. He had to find out how magic worked, and was no longer satisfied with the belief that it just did. When the city allocated the east tower to science, they appointed Salumäe as the institution's head, and he then renamed it the Salumäe Academy of Science, welcoming all the foreigners that brought their research and technology with them. From there they used their instruments to study the planet in depth, everything from botany to biology, geology to anthropology. Their technological advances still utilized magic, and they continued developing magitech, but the core philosophy of the academy is that one day all will be laid bare through discovery. The mystical is typically thought of something that just has yet to be explained, and the mineral native to Nuvaria known as Ariamite was no exception. It became an obsession of Salumäe's, and was confirmed to be behind his death as he became careless during his obsessive experiments. Shortly afterwards, a foreigner by the name of Tezra Yyskräev heard of the open position and applied, thus was hired and made the long move to the strange planet, eager to aid in furthering the research. The Salumäe Academy of Science is open to all that seek a more in depth understanding of the world around them, and continue the research on de-mystifying magic.
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