Krahenlied Akademie

Krahenlied Akademie is, depending upon who you ask, either a bastion of the arts, a breeding ground for political dissidents, a hotbed of gossip and rumor, or even a training ground for Unsere's greatest spies. It is officially a bardic college, no different from a school like Wahres Wort or Weißer Stern Akademie, its greatest rival. It teaches its students classical works of music and literature, as well the techniques behind composition and performance. It participates in the bi-annual performance competitions held between the schools of the Völkervier Republic and beyond. Its faculty is well respected as a collection of masters in their respective fields, its student body a collection of likely future masters themselves. Its alumni, while respectable, aren't exclusively cut from the cloth of the rich and powerful as is the case with WSA, but nor are they universally concerned with the social structure and justice of the Republic as graduates of Wahres Wort. Krahenlied nurtures and produces a mix of students well suited to a variety of bardic fields ranging from the lowliest pub performers, to the most glamorous operatic singers, to professional academics, diplomats and more. It is an ill-kept secret that aside from its official curriculum, Krahenlied is rumored to offer a select few students the opportunity to pursue more covert fields of study. These students, upon graduation, often find themselves in the employ of prestigious families of means, lucrative businesses and corporations, foreign powers, or any other group with a need for less obvious eyes in more obvious places, as well as the price to pay for and keep such assets. This shadowy branch of the college is of course, only a rumor that has always been denied and decried by the school's board of officials, as well as every sitting president to date.