Athan lead the group of students into the Dining Hall, where 21 long tables resided — Three per group at 7 parts of the hall, evidently splitting these tables into seven groups of three, likely representing the 7 factions of the Academy. There were already students at two of each tables in all 21 tables, their chattering quieted by the arrival of the term's first years. These students were definitely 2nd to 6th year students, Blake realized as he noticed some looked slightly older than him while others looked to be 19, going on 20 years of age.
Each group had a different color cloth on their tables. One group had sky blue, while another had deceptive red. One had steel grey while another had violet-red. One had indigo blue while another had earthly green. Blake even saw a table group with dark black table cloths. Each of these clothes had their faction crest at the center of their tablecloths.
