The largest university in Nibenay is the School of Augurs, a powerful organization run by an enterprising dwarf master named Djef. The school supplements its tuition income by hiring out its students for telepathic message service and psychoportive parcel delivery. These services are expensive, but reliable. Djef’s ambition and commercialism have driven several students from the School of Augurs to the city’s monasteries.

Pahleek serves as one of Djef’s most valuable assistants.