Nate Smyth: The Father of Magical Archaeology

No such list as this would be complete without the name of Dr Nate Smyth, who is best-known for the rediscovery of Camelot itself. Such an outstanding piece of fieldwork has rarely been seen before or after, with painstaking non-magical methods used to uncover all the tiniest details about the most well-known Aether Peak, when magic was powerful enough that Merlin could use it to help his king rule much of the country. The most renowned item to be recovered, of course, was the Round Table itself, generously offered to the government by Dr Smyth for the good of the country and now used for Cabinet meetings, emergency COBRA sessions and fraught meetings with foreign dignitaries to ensure that no miscommunication or misunderstandings can prevail.

- Notable Wytches of Our Time, shelfmark M-012.63 in Bedivere Library

After his discovery of Camelot, Nate Smyth was able to become a roaming researcher bridging the gap between the magical and non-magical worlds. St Andrews University welcomed the opportunity to appoint an Archaeology position to someone with such a record, and Dr Smyth's work there further enhanced the knowledge of shared Wytch-Norm history, focusing as it did on the cultural impact of various Wytch populations in history, particularly those who persisted in Scottish folk legend or culture to the present day, such as the Doideagan of Mull who turned the tide of battle against the Spanish Armada.

Dr - eventually Professor - Smyth took up the post of guest lecturer at several other institutions, in particular Fullington University and HMMR themselves, teaching magical theory to those with no practical understanding of it as well as practical non-magical methods to those who surround themselves in magic. He never returned to teach at Bedivere, but in his spare time published a series of very well regarded journal articles on Aether and Nether Flow, enhancing understanding of the processes by which magic enters and leaves the world.