The Isle of the Wise

The Isle of the Wise is an elite non-magical academic institution in which many of the wisest beings within the world are known to live. The Isle is entirely residential in the North where there is a giant Pantheon in which debates rage day and night. There are also docks in the Southern Pennisula.

The Isle is neutral, this is why no-one who has ever been a high level politician may join their ranks.

Why is the Isle strictly non-magic?
There are already several high profile magic schools which exclude non-magic academics, the council decided that talk of magic should be kept within them. The council also found magic users tend to look down on others and trivialise their discussions, this was also a contributing factor in their decision.

Inside the Pantheon
There are halls with hundreds of debating rooms in which members may discuss anything they please, nothing is off limits. Scribes often accompany high profile members documenting their discussions and selling them all over the world to universities and academics.

In the centre of the Pantheon there is an modest court surrounded by seats. The senate of the Isle sit here and discuss legislation to pass and the future of the isle and any member may silently listen from these seats.

Contributing Groups
There are many groups that have members authorised to debate and lecture on the island:
 * The Children of the Mother
 * The Priests of Owlbia
 * (Would love some of groups from you guys to add here)

The Council
The council are all polymaths knowing at least: philosophy, natural science, mathematics and literature. However each of them has topics in which they specialise, one can seldom be found who knows more about these topics than they.
 * Dio - Sanity and the Mind
 * Hera - Trickery and probability
 * Thale - The Seas
 * Parme - Nature
 * Xeno - Ancient Mythology
 * Anax - Cosmology
 * Democ - Metaphysics