As a professor and respected scholar at Xesasia's academy of the arcane, I rarely have the opportunity to leave Foskoatan, so this opportunity to make a new series of encyclopedias for the academy is amazing. I will try to keep my writing short and sweet for this first visit, then I will spend a six-month stay in each country, starting after the semester ends. I would prefer to stay the six months on this starting trip but unfortunately, I cannot just abandon my students in the middle of the semester. I hope you find this introduction insightful, and if you are one of my students... this will be on the test. - Professor Erius Farwood