There are seven schools of Magic, each with its own Master, functioning independently under the Headmaster of Magic. The Headmaster chooses the Masters from the instructors of the School, though the Lord Governor and the King can veto an appointment.

Students of a School are trained in that school’s philosophy as well as magic, and loyalty to one’s school is highly encouraged, often above loyalty to the College. The schools work to increase the prestige and wealth of their school, often through rich endowments with stipulations that they be used only for Brahir, or Lirité, etc. More often than not, no one school will gain the upper hand, but when that does happen, the Headmaster steps in to restore order.

The Royal Library, while part of the College, is an institution unto itself, open to all students, and to anyone else for a nominal fee. The Library collects histories from all lands and in many forms, be they personal memoirs, eyewitness accounts of events or legends and fables. All are preserved within the Library’s walls. Initiates of the Seekers of Knowledge operate the Library on a daily basis. Students of the College of History also work in the Library. It is the College of History that has begun the ambitious project of cataloguing and cross-referencing the entire contents of the Library.

Under the aegis of the School of Knowledge, the Library is nonetheless a resource for all students. The Head Librarian, chosen by the Master of the Seekers, oversees the Library and actively works to acquire that new material. Students of the School of History are frequently seen in the library, working on their project to catalogue its contents.

The Pheryllt Bardic School works to maintain the repository of bardic epics within the Library. It also provides talented students with training in voice, music and memorization. The school is also responsible for the National Eisteddfod, a yearly festival for storytelling, poetry, music and dance, during which journeyman bards become Masters.

The School of History actually serves several purposes, and is perhaps the largest single school in the College. It was originally chartered to preserve and record the history of Brythinia. As many of the preserved histories were either bardic lays, and thus taught at the Pheryllt school, or demographic and economic documents, such as the Great Census of King Madoc, the focus of learning shifted subtly to the understanding of economic and administrative texts. Students with greater understanding of these trivium went on to become able seneschals and administrators, creating a demand for more comprehensive curriculum in the principles of administration. The School of History now also trains students in the principles of business, the ins and outs of courtly behavior and in the profitable management of feudal estates.