Academy courtyard above the rolling-ball stairs
Liurnia of the Lakes · Library lift courtyard
Starting Site of Grace: Debate Parlor
- At Temple Quarter in western Liurnia, ride north to the rocky island where Glintstone Dragon Smarag is resting. Take the Academy Glintstone Key from the corpse behind the dragon; fighting Smarag is optional.
- Examine the seal at South Raya Lucaria Gate with the key in your inventory. At Main Academy Gate, ride the lift up and climb the stairs past the two sorcerers into the church. Activate Church of the Cuckoo grace in its side passage.
- Leave through the side passage into the graveyard. Follow the descending path across the wooden bridge, then climb the path on the right. Watch for enemies grabbing at you from the ground.
- At the far end, go through the passage to the huge waterwheel. Ride an ascending platform and step off at the upper landing. Enter the building on the left for Schoolhouse Classroom grace; riding down goes to a different area.
- Leave the classroom and follow the corridor through the sorcerers to the large room with a Living Jar. Use the corridor on its right, climb the stairs and continue upstairs to the boss fog.
- Defeat Red Wolf of Radagon and activate Debate Parlor grace. Leave into the open courtyard, keeping the large curved staircase on your right in view.
- Leave Debate Parlor for the courtyard and head toward the large curved staircase on the right. Jump onto its broken support, then get onto the stairs themselves.
- Run up the staircase while watching for the large rolling ball. Step aside into the safe edges as it passes, then continue through the upper doorway into the next courtyard.
- Moongrum, Carian Knight, waits here in front of the lift to Rennala. Defeat him to receive Carian Knight's Shield. He can parry attacks, so be careful about repeatedly swinging into his raised shield.
- Collect the shield from Moongrum's defeat reward. Rennala in the library above is a different encounter and is unnecessary for this shield.