Truly, everyone must start somewhere, and that somewhere is the School of Heroes. Nobody truly knows where the School exists ... or how it exists. Magically housed beneath Var Bandor, the school is often forgotten by most of its graduates, whom typically choose to graduate as soon as possible, reap the tower of testing's creatures, and then run away with the meaning of their existence tucked in the back of their head.

"There's a tower ... underneath Var Bandor?"

But I digress. You really want to use your time at the school to read the plethora of available helpfiles if you're new, simply to get an understanding of what you're getting into. The school is pretty harmless, and you shouldn't be surprised by anything (provided you read the room descriptions). Just don't forget your gem of guarding, and be sure to make it to the top of the tower before level five. You are pretty much ousted from the tower after level five.

Highlights:

• Free EP! Yep, make sure you explore the entire school, cause there's a fair chunk of EP here. Enough that you can probably skip exploring a volatile area such as Shargob.

• Gem of guarding. Don't leave home without it.

• Graduation sigil, aka the Sigil of the School of Heroes. You definitely want this, as its a pretty big help at the lower levels. It'll last until your first death, so treasure it!

• EXP fodder until level five. Don't bother going anywhere else, the tower of testing is as easy as it gets.

Things to be careful of:

• Not reading the room descriptions.

• Leveling past five before getting your sigil.

• Kobolds, kobolds, kobolds.

Fun Facts:

• The kobolds are regarded as the most fearsome monsters across Avendar, effectively killing more adventurers than any other creature in the world.
• The School of Heroes no longer exists in this form, as it has since been updated to be more Avendar'ish (No more Kobolds -_-). I keep this page here as a nod to the past.