After the royal summons for learned men and the wealth of books spirited away from Oldtown, the Academy did not lack for scholars from the four corners of the world and those who desired to study in its halls. Jon had also managed to enchant the library hall, making it harder for books and tomes to tear and decay and reducing the required amount of scribes to copy them too often. Hundreds of young northerners had joined the Academy to study in the last year alone.