The first thing to getting into Dhima is to reach Sarem, the city that all ships from the mainland reach once they hit the island. Sarem is small and yet welcoming, and those that reach it are automatically given an idea of what the students of the school are like. Most of them are garbed in robes that are a symbol of the school, which are black, teal, and purple in color, with silver stitching and archaic symbols etched within the hems and the cuffs. The students are as diverse as the human race in appearance and personality, and they browse Sarem with dispositions just as diverse.

The school is not marked by any gate or any other such marker, for the entire island belongs to the school. However, once a person leaves Sarem they find that the tranquility and the feeling of peace is quick to envelope the arrival. During the spring and summer the area is lush and green, and the birds' songs fill the air where there are trees. In the winter there is snow that seems never to turn to slush, and even the damp chill cannot drive the tranquil feeling that it holds. In autumn it's full of color, vibrant and alive with sights that please the eye.

The school is a collection of old stone buildings, the main one made of white marble and the others a grayish black. They seem to mix together and fit with the surroundings as if the environment and the building were both made with each other in mind. The architecture, with its spiralling columns and intricate designs, are ancient and yet beautiful, matching with very little in the rest of Avalon.

The place is surrounded by groves and areas of study and recollection, many areas set aside for special types of study. There are places to walk and think, and the courtyard of the school hosts spouting fountains, cobbled walkways, gardens, orchards, groves, and more. Students pace the earth, murmuring to each other, attenting lessons, studying, thinking, or occupying themselves otherwise.

Inside the buildings they are as grand as they are outside, with polished floors and brilliantly lit chandeliers or hallways. The walls are designed delicately with many arcane and ancient symbols, many of which are in elven or old tongue. The main entryway of the primary building of Dhima is entered by two great double doors, which are carved elaborately. Once inside the arrival will find themselves in a great, dome-shaped area with a great fountain in the center, and a chandelier above that with perhaps a hundred or more flickering candles.The polished wood floor is carved with many symbols, and the area is busy with students moving to and fro.

Dhima, in its beauty, seems alive and welcome. There is perhaps no other school like it, and the students look content with their lives there. Life seems to go on for them there, and time itself seems sedate, pacing on for those that live and learn in the school. Tranquility and peace envelopes the place much like a protective wing, and for a time Dhima sits this way, awaiting those that would come to it.