Astronomy
From Reydala
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Astronomy in Reydala
Thanks in part to the followers of Lucion, much is known about the stars and planets surrounding Reydala. When new initiaties come to a Library, they are often given tasks of catagorizing and discovering new astral bodies to help develop their range of arcane vision. That said, even the strongest of wizards have difficulty picking up details beyond the basic system of Reydala. Even Lucionites have some difficulty explaining just what the stars are, though there are many theories (One of which is the correct one, but enough proof cannot be gathered by current means). The common man would likely attribute stars to the actions of Gods: "That's Regial protecting us from Hald's darkness", "Those are the tears of Nathicana", etc.
Most of the study of Astronomy is thus confined to wizardly practice, though a few places have sprung up to exclusively study the world outside the atmosphere. The largest such observatory is nestled in the mountains west of Riscana and is staffed mostly of Lucionites who wished to take their practice much further as well as some like-minded individuals from all over the world. Not only is this observatory home of some of the best arcane scryers in the world, but it also holds some advanced stargazing technology, thanks to the prescence of a stranded Ark Gnome.
