The scale of it was very large. The audience it generated, both in person and through the network of people who followed its results from a distance, was larger still.
Every major academy participated. The older, more established institutions with long histories of producing exceptional magi.
The newer ones that used strong tournament performances to build reputations they couldn't yet claim through legacy alone.
Regional powers, continental names, institutions that existed in places most students at this academy had only encountered in geography texts.
They all sent representatives.
They all competed.
