Book 2 Chapter 2

The party follows Georgina to her home in the woods, to help her bury her deceased son. After burying her son, the party, not wanting to impose on her hospitality, sets off towards the Padashan Magic Academy. They make the journey quickly, without difficulty. Upon arrival at the academy, they find it to be mostly in ruins. There is a tall tower, surrounded by a stone wall. After cleverly bypassing the enchanted statues which try to set them on fire, the party walks inside the walls of the academy.

The inside looks much worse than the outside, nature has taken its toll the once majestic campus. Weeds have taken over what used to be walkways, and the buildings are all crumbling. The group explores the different buildings, encountering wildlife which isn't very happy to see them along the way.

First they come across a storage building, which also has a kitchen. There is nothing of use to the party here. The next building they come across is a stable, which is empty except for a Hippogriff. Venkra attempts to talk with the animal with his primal powers, but ends up being bitten by it instead. When he is bitten, he goes bezerk and swings the greataxe he looted off of one of the Padashan soldiers at anything within range. The party manages to subdue him, and seperate him from the greataxe. Once the greataxe leaves his hands, he seems to be more himself. Dorian suggests that the axe was cursed, and that they should bury it. They do this, and then they move on.

Nex, the party comes across a dining hall, which is empty, and a dormitory. Although they search the dormitory, they find nothing of any value. The only building which remains is one with classrooms, which has been picked clean of anything of interest. Something happens, and the building collapses with Venkra and Dorian inside. Dorian uses his robe of useful items to get the two of them out of there.

Having explored everything else, they go to the tower, which doesn't seem to have any way to get inside. They notice a hidden door, and step inside. Once inside, they find themselves in a large room, with a high ceiling. At various points on the floor, they see large ravines, which eventually they determine are just illusions. To their surprise, they also find that glyphs of warding, which are not illusions, have been laid across the floor. They get to the end of the room, and find out that the final ravine is not an illusion, so they attempt to cross it.

Eventually they all fall into it, finding themselves separated inside some sort of never-ending fog of some kind, unable to measure the passing of time...