Nenhuma menção é feita sobre uma aula e duvido que exista uma
Os iniciantes podem vir de qualquer lugar e de qualquer plano de fundo, parece provável que não haja uma taxa. Por exemplo, Pate era um parente que se juntou à Cidadela.
What I would like to know; -What are the criterions for being allowed into the Citadel for maester education? Could a dwarf in his late twenties like Tyrion be allowed in?
You'll learn more about the Citadel in future books.
In brief, however, there's no age requirement... nor any other sort of requirement, actually. The Citadel is very loosely structured, and open to all. That doesn't mean that all become maesters, however. Oldtown is full of aging novices and acolytes who have never finished forging their chain (or in some cases, never begun)... the Seven Kingdoms equivilent to the eternal grad student of our world.
Westeros, So Spake Martin, CITADEL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
"A penny will serve. For a silver stag Lorcas will carry you up to the Seneschal on his back. He has been fifty years an acolyte. He hates novices, particularly novices of noble birth."
A Feast for Crows, Samwell V
A Cidadela também é financiada por Oldtown e Lords, que têm Maesters em seu emprego, portanto pode ser que eles não precisem de propinas para poder ensinar as pessoas.
How does the Citadel get financed? Lords pay for the service of the Maesters and the Citadel collects some of the revenue of Oldtown via taxes.
Westeros, So Spake Martin, CONJOSE (SAN JOSE, CA; AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 2)
E os Acolytes podem até ser contratados para escrever e ler cartas para obter financiamento extra para a Cidadela.
The gates of the Citadel were flanked by a pair of towering green sphinxes with the bodies of lions, the wings of eagles, and the tails of serpents. One had a man's face, one a woman's. Just beyond stood Scribe's Hearth, where Oldtowners came in search of acolytes to write their wills and read their letters. Half a dozen bored scribes sat in open stalls, waiting for some custom. At other stalls books were being bought and sold. Sam stopped at one that offered maps, and looked over a hand-drawn map of Citadel to ascertain the shortest way to the Seneschal's Court.
A Feast for Crows, Samwell V
Também vale a pena mencionar que Noviços e Acólitos passam anos de suas vidas forjando suas correntes e mestres em seus súditos.
Alleras would make a maester. He had only been at the Citadel for a year, yet already he had forged three links of his maester's chain. Armen might have more, but each of his had taken him a year to earn. Still, he would make a maester too. Roone and Mollander remained pink-necked novices, but Roone was very young and Mollander preferred drinking to reading.
A Feast for Crows, Prologue
É muito comprometimento e, afinal, existe toda a ordem para servir o reino e eles precisam de pessoas do reino para poder fazer isso. Meistres, da mesma forma que os Irmãos da Patrulha da Noite, depois fazem juramentos de celibato, renunciando à família e às terras e assim por diante, novamente, há muito comprometimento.
Em resumo, como a Cidadela é financiada por fontes externas e qualquer pessoa pode participar, uma taxa de matrícula parece extremamente improvável.