House of Understanding - Rooms

Rooms

The Rooms of the House of Understanding include:

The Room of Faces; and
The Room of Feet:
These two Rooms teach applicants how to recognize body language and how to hide their own emotions by changing their facial expression and stance. Actors and dancers learn their talents in these rooms. In the Room of Faces, students learn various methods of understanding body language.

"The subtleties of bodily communication - the way secrets revealed themselves in an enemy's eyes, how to differentiate traces of worry from consternation or fatigue in the lines around a lovers mouth."

The Room of Arms:
Students of this Room learn skill with weapons and hand-to-hand combat. Different combat forms are taught there, including the Dancing Arms style. Warriors and soldiers study in this Room, as well as Runelords who seek to improve their skills.
The Room of Hands; and
The Room of Gold:
In these two rooms, merchant princes and traders learn of money: how to best calculate and increase a businesses profit.
The Room of the Heart:
Frequented by troubadours and philosophers, students of this Room learn of the workings of the human mind and heart.
The Room of Dreams:
Students of the Room of Dreams learn of man's motivations and desires. The teachings of this Room are considered too powerful to place in the hands of a Runelord, and are forbidden. Only those of the order of the Days may learn here.

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