Mystic Class

Mystic Class is the third of four levels of classes at the convent of Sweet Mercy. Girls are typically aged 15-16. The class mistress is Sister Spire. There are also a number of trials. One is the Shade Trial in which a novice must cross Thaybur Square in Verity without being challenged by the other members of Mystic Class, usually in disguise, and then solve a puzzle-box at the centre; Nona Grey has to take the trial in the Centre Oak Cloisters instead. Another trial is the Ice Ranging, where novices are sent on a long journey across the ice in an allotted time, learning to live in this inhospitable environment. Only when each of the five class mistresses stamp their seal on a novice's scroll can they advance to Holy Class.