Great Academy

"The Great Academy was considered by many Versuvians to be one of the most important structures on the entire island. Grand and powerful in appearance, the academy possessed an air of timeless majesty, and was the single most illustrious school on Versuva; only the keenest and most determined minds were accepted, and even they could spend decades studying within its walls before finally graduating."

- Narrator, Evils Unbound

The Great Academy, was Versuva's oldest and greatest learning institution, located within the city of Keadrah.

History
The Great Academy is was one of Versuva's oldest institutions, and was constructed roughly the same time the city of Keadrah was. Once built, the Academy was placed under the guidance of some of Versuva's greatest scholars, philosophers, and professors, whose efforts would eventually make the Academy the single-most important learning facility on Versuva, and also one of its most significant locations. Only the sharpest and most determined learners would pass into the Academy, and many would spend many years learning within it before finally graduating. The Academy offered the best occupations to those who graduated successfully, including the highly desired position Grand Scholar, one of the island's most significant jobs.

One of the Academy's best teachers was the Mersion scholar and Council of Eight member Kulant. During his tenure at the Academy, the Mersion students Mersery and Herkain were put through the Academy, and after a decade of learning, were selected for graduation, meaning if they passed they would become the Academy's youngest graduates. When the Xevthian Empire conquered Versuva, the Great Academy was closed down, and entry into it was forbidden. When the Empire's military leader was captured, the Xevthian Alxor, the Empire was repelled from Versuva by the Hand of Artakha, and the Academy was re-opened. Not long after this, Kulant retired from service in the institution. It is also known that both Mersery and Herkain would eventually graduate from the Academy.

For the next several thousand years, the Academy would experience a prosperous time of development and peace. However, after Makuta Teridax assumed command over the Matoran Universe, The Great Academy was greatly damaged in the battles and conflicts that raged in Keadrah's streets between its inhabitants and an invading Rahkshi army. It was subsequently abandoned, and remained so until the surviving natives of Keadrah evacuated the Matoran Universe for the surface of Spherus Magna following Teridax's death.

Location
There was a number of rooms and chambers scattered throughout the Academy, including laboratories, classrooms, meeting rooms, testing rooms, filing archives and even vehicle bays for students testing out experimental travel machines.

Library
Considered to be the Academy's most defining feature, the Academy's library was staggeringly large, roughly dominating three quarters of the entire building. The library covered a wide range of information on just about any subject imaginable. Although some of its records wasn't as deep or as intricate like those within the libraries on Daxia and Destral, the Great Academy's library generally covered just about every other subject one would want or need to learn whilst studying.‬

Appearances

 * Evils Unbound (First Appearance)