Bone - that's one thing, they are undead. Godric didn't place any green creatures, by the way. I'm talking specifically about him right now. And it's not a fact that he would have fought against the black dragon. Godric easily allied with Railag, while Faidaen had difficulties with that.
Utopia was in the lands of the Academy ;) And you can gain much more knowledge from Utopia than just counter-spell and stat knowledge, in my opinion - you just need to "loot" it.