The Grand Academy operates through a complex meritocratic hierarchy, where status is earned through knowledge, mastery, and service. While the Academy is considered the beating heart of the sands, its true strength resides in the individual excellence of its affiliates, each acting as a vessel of its vast intellect and arcane authority.
Those scholars who rise to the pinnacle of their disciplines are granted the esteemed title of Vizier—recognized as court administrators, advisors, and the Academy’s official representatives. Each Vizier oversees a particular field of expertise, acting as the Academy’s voice and hand within the nomes. In this capacity, they uphold law, shape policy, and fulfill the will of the central government.
Among these esteemed figures, the Viziers of Conjuration stand as paragons of magical might. Masters of summoning and arcane binding, they command legions of conjured entities—beings sculpted from raw mana, spirit-forged guardians, and terrible creatures pulled from the forgotten corners of existence. With these summoned forces, they serve as sentinels against threats that prowl beyond the city walls: blighted fiends, sand-born monstrosities, and those bold—or foolish—enough to defy the Academy’s rule. In dire times, when calamity looms, Viziers of Conjuration unite to awaken and command the colossal guardian-statues that adorn the walls of the nomes, animating these silent sentinels to stand against the darkness.
Occasionally, a Vizier of Conjuration may be seen beyond the marble halls of the Academy—escorting diplomatic envoys, overseeing arcane excavations, or safeguarding expeditions into the wild and untamed. Their presence is unmistakable: regal, imposing, and ever surrounded by the subtle shimmer of presences not wholly of this world.
