Board Thread:Midian Ideas/@comment-4701109-20190513232358/@comment-4701109-20190514000017

The Acadeny is intended to keep a measured flow of commoners rising to the ranks of titled society and to ensure that those with talent and merit are not complete overlooked because of poorer and common ancestry. To encourage this the Barons are required to sponsor cadets in the Academy. That sponsorship also is benefitial to the Barons because it establishes an agreement for service post graduation, a Vassel in the traditional sense.

Cadet Enrollment each year is limited:

Each Baron is expected to sponsor a new cadet each year, of common birth from non-titled parentage.

Each Baron is allowed to sponsor their own children to attend the Academy, often the fate of younger children of Barons that are unlikely or unable to become gunslingers.

The children of Knight Bannerets are accepted as legacy candidates and the cost of tuition is greatly reduced.

The children of other commoners of means can also apply for any open positions. The cost of tuition can be supplemented by trade in goods and services.

Each Academy also has one position for a cadet offered to the winner of an annual competition held within the Barony. This position is tuition free, includes all costs required for the cadet.