The Tower of Gardens

                 The Tower of Gardens is not so much a physical building as it is an association of arcanists. They have been known as the Wizards' Guild in the past, but such a term belies the magnitude and scope of their responsibilities. This association is responsible for overseeing the work and studies of most arcanists in Faeyrellun. If any arcanist is known to be conducting research that would threaten Life, the Tower of Gardens is responsible for the handling of such a threat. This handling, at its most extreme, usually consists of the imprisonment or death, only when they are considered to unstable to contain, of the arcanist and the destruction of all accumulated work.

                 The Tower's namesake comes from a philosophy stemming from the legend of Tarad's Arcane Sun. The Tower's reason for existence is to share any research that one might have for the express purpose of attaining the Arcane Sun. The arcanist believes that all of those who wield magic and their power are the seeds striving to reach the Arcane Sun.

                 The Tower of Garden's is the one entity  able to confer the highly coveted title of Archmage. When Tarad took on the group of people who would later become known as the First Apprentices, each one of them would be granted the title of the Archmage, thus forming the First Circle. The weakest of the First Apprentices would become the standard for the required level of proficiency to be granted the title.

                 After the First Circle was formed, it was decided that each conference of the title would usher in a new Circle. Circles do not have a minimum number of Archmages, only requiring a minimum of arcane strength and control. As a result, there have been gaps between Circles existing, leaving Faeyrellun bereft of a Circle. In addition, as there is no required number of Archmages for a circle to form, Circles have widely varied in number of members, ranging from as little as two to thirty-seven Archmages. Currently, Faeyrellun is witnissing its Four-Hundred-Thirteenth Circle, rumored to consist of around ten to twelve Archmages.

Despite the intrusiveness of the Tower of Gardens, the organization is very reclusive from the general public. Only the highest ranking members know anything about major projects or experiments. The few of the masses who even know of the Tower view it as a very secretive place and maybe something to be feared. Some, however, view it as a shadow government, controlling the sparse people who can alter reality as a whim and, as such, the rest of Faeyrellun as well.