
The Tesarath University and focus of the organization was on the small island of Tharin in the Bay of Kôros.It was here that the women were training and refining their skills, under the rigid codes of the Darin Tesarath "Sisterhood".Initiates usually spent 10-20 years or more as a student. and either remained as an instructor or departed to their fortune -and fortune was an appropriate word for Tesarath training was highly acclaimed, producing the most disciplined minds and graduates could demand high fees for their services of information gathering and verification. Even sisters who left Tharin were still tied to their school.However Tharin was also the home of the Tesarath Council, interpreting the code of the Sisterhood, as well as deciding policy. Graduates were bound by a lifelong code of honor and if convicted of a violation, punishment was severe. There was also an annual conclave on Tharin; all students, past and present, were invited.
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- ICE MERP #2500: The Court of Ardor in Southern Middle-earth (Campaign Setting, 1E)