Unseen University

Description
Dominated by the massive Tower of Art, the Unseen University is Aldarun’s chief institute of Arcane learning. In theory, it is a prestigious school which only the most magically gifted may attend. In reality, both its faculty and its students are a rather lazy lot, more concerned with their afternoon nap and the next mealtime than with any thaumic mastery. That does not mean the Wizards are to be underestimated, as assassination is the most common method of advancement through the University ranks and even the most rotund senior member is quite capable of turning upstarts into ash.

The University is led by the Archchancellor, a position which is currently filled by Mustrum Ridcully, a most competent and physically fit gnome who frequently finds himself frustrated with his colleagues’ ineptness. Since the favorite pastimes of many University Wizards are Competitive Eating and Extreme Napping, this sentiment is mutual. The University does still hold an impressive library with books on many obscure topics, some of which are dangerous to the reader, if only because the books may try to bite.

Being the oldest buildings in Onkh-Morpark by far, many of its faculties are crumbling, barely held together by the excess magical energies saturating its walls. One of its key characteristics is that the University makes liberal use of negative space, meaning it is much larger on the inside than on the outside. It is not unusual for both visitors and resident Wizards to get lost in its non-Euclidean hallways.

Notable People

 * Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully
 * The Librarian
 * Rincewind
 * Ponder Stibbons, Professor of Profanely Boring Studies
 * Marley, the Dank Magician

Stores

 * The UU Gift Shoppe