The Citadel

The Citadel is a militaristic citadel and training academy for wizards strategically placed in the middle of a desert. It serves and defends the populace of the Empire.

Description
The Citadel is a collection of ornate buildings in the middle of a white sand desert. Its residents range from young wizard students to elderly archmages, with some working as adventuring wizards and some as simple servants.

Rooms and buildings include lecture halls, cafes, large hangers for arcane machinery, and glass towers. To protect some buildings and inhabitants from the harsh weather, massive water domes are conjured from lakes to provide cooling. Illusions of greenery and wildlife appear across campus as well, as they cannot sustain naturally in the climate.

Halls of teleportation
There are multiple halls of teleportation throughout the Citadel. Each hall contains a runic teleportation circle, manned by a teleportation specialist donning dark blue robes. Across the ceiling is a moving visual of a night sky that changes to the respective constellations of the teleportee’s destination.