Trickerion: Dahlgaard's Academy

You can choose a renovation ratio whose Fame threshold you meet, or pay Coins to make up the difference to the threshold. You must be able to pay the full Coin cost; you also need at least one available Banner to renovate (p. 7–8).

No. A Trick placed in a Practice Room does not have to meet its Component requirements, and its Practice Room bonus applies while its Academy marker remains there (p. 8).

No, not normally: you cannot return a marker from a Classroom to free the space. It is removed only if that Trick is discarded from the Workshop and returned to the Dahlgaard Residence (p. 9).

A Trick in a Classroom can no longer be Prepared in the Workshop, but if it has Trick markers on it, you may still perform it during the turn you place it there. In the Classroom phase after Performance, those markers are removed and you receive the Classroom yield (pp. 9, 11).

Each Secret grants the Protégé an ability; the second and third Secrets also raise its base Action Points to 2 and 3, while the first and second raise its wage by 1 Coin each. You may learn a Secret from one of the Academy’s two available tiles or replace one already on your Protégé board (p. 10).