Random thought as I procrastinate on my essay: Do you think there are colleges or universities or any other institution of higher learning in Azeroth that *don’t* teach magic? Are there schools that exclusively teach non-magical things like history, philosophy, or science?
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Hmm. The Lorewalkers on Pandaria aren't a magical discipline. Gnomes studying magic tend to go to Dalaran, so I imagine schools in Gnomeregan focused on the sciences. Schools on Kezan... though if you can call goblin engineering scientific is a different question.
Ooh the Lorewalkers, that’s right! I forgot all about those history buffs. I do wonder if there’s a general assumption that learned people in Azeroth (excluding Pandaria) also tend to be magical people. Dalaran seems like the most book-heavy place by far
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Keep in mind that a lot of folks on Azeroth also pursue craftsman trades via apprenticeships, which is really more the mode for non-magical studies in most fantasy worlds, because it doesn't rely on reading. And in a world without a printing press, books are a scarce commodity.
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We see books of all shapes and sizes as doodads in WoW, so maybe illiteracy isn't the mode here as readily as it was in the Real, but certainly something to consider.
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