School of Cairhien

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The School of Cairhien is an academy set up by Rand al'Thor after he took the city from the Shaido Aiel. It's located in Lord Barthanes's former manor house in Cairhien. Rand offered funding and rewards to inventors in the city who would contribute to the school, in an effort to recover some of the lost knowledge from the Age of Legends.

Several inventions introduced in the later books came from the school, including telescopes, ballistae, and steam-driven trains.