The Collegiate Arcane is the great institution of wizardry within the Free Cities, an order of battle-mages and scholars who study and wield the eight winds of magic that flow through the Mortal Realms. Modelled on the arcane colleges of ages past, it trains wizards in the disciplined mastery of a single lore, from the fiery magic of Aqshy to the shadowy sorceries of Ulgu.
Wizards of the Collegiate Arcane serve as the magical backbone of any city's armies, riding to war atop Celestial Hurricanums and Luminark engines that channel the stars themselves. Their Battlemages unleash devastating spells in support of the massed Freeguild ranks, and their scholars pore over ancient lore to unravel the ever-shifting Great Cycle of Magic. As an essential order of the cities-of-sigmar, the Collegiate preserves arcane knowledge that might otherwise be lost to the depredations of Chaos.
Though rivalries between the lores run deep, the Collegiate remains a vital pillar of the Order Grand Alliance, lighting the way against the encroaching dark.