Editing Cognita (section)

===Wistram Days===
In the web version, the Wistram Days story takes place across Volume 2 and 3, though if the reader reads the ebook/audiobook version they will see a few brief mentions of Cognita before then.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/10/17/3-24/ Chapter 3.24]</ref><ref name=":1" /> Regardless, her first physical appearance in the story happens during the flashback to [[Ceria Springwalker|Ceria]] and [[Pisces Jealnet|Pisces]]' school days at Wistram Academy. She introduced herself and the rules of the academy to all of the new students as well as leading the students to their new dorm rooms and giving brief instructions on how to access them.<ref name=":Part 1" /> Later on, when [[Illphres]] attempted to weed out students by trapping them with an ice wall, Cognita came to rescue them by swiftly destroying the binding on the wall.<ref name=":Part 2" /> As Pisces and Ceria got more used to the school, they became more and more interested in Wistram's secrets. Pisces heard about the location of a secret spellbook and managed to get to it first, but the book was covered in deadly traps. He sent Cognita a note though, and she was once again able to help the two out by breaking the traps and letting Pisces have the spellbook in exchange for his original spellbook citing that the rules of Wistram decreed any student under the third year could only have one personal spellbook. It was later the next day that Pisces and Ceria also learned of Cognita's history and how she was made to guard the highest floors of Wistram by a true [Archmage], Zelkyr.<ref name=":Part 3" />

It wasn't until weeks later at which point, the mage who had trapped the students previously, Illphres, took on Ceria as an apprentice and told her about her plans to challenge Cognita to get to Wistram's highest floors. Meanwhile, Cognita was teaching Pisces about animation as one of his only perceived allies in Wistram Pisces being a necromancer and therefore not as commonly trusted.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/11/18/wistram-days-pt-6/ Wistram Days (Pt. 6)]</ref> Pisces used this instruction to make headway towards a leveling undead. Weeks later, when the time finally came for Illphres and her group to challenge Cognita, she fought them and, along with the other guardian golems, very quickly killed the challengers. Once they were defeated and the bodies were being cleaned up, Pisces reanimated the dead mages and used them to storm Wistram in order to steal [Archmage] [[Nekhret|Nekhret's]] bones. He did not account for the traps on the [Archmage]'s tomb, though, which released more undead than he could handle. This death magic killed over 60 mages before Cognita and the living [[Archmage|Archmages]] of Wistram managed to put a stop to it. Pisces was caught and the council of Wistram was split between exiling him and killing him, but Cognita spoke up in favor of his continued survival and exile, so his fate was decided. As her last act before Pisces and also Ceria left Wistram in exile, the golem named the two full mages of Wistram.<ref name=":Wistram Days (Pt. 7)" />