The coordination venue was the largest of the non-combat competition spaces — a purpose-built area with a hexagonal floor plan, high ceilings, and the capability to generate magical constructs at full competition parameters through the essence-projection infrastructure installed along its walls.
By nine-fifteen it was full.
The format was sequential — each academy's team ran the coordination scenario in isolation, scored by judges on the parameters Seraphina had outlined. The scores were cumulative, adding to the bracket points from individual events. The overall competition result incorporated both.
Home academy was third in the running order.
