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The archmage’s library is a place only accessible to the top ranking members of the Arcane College, which is the most powerful institution of its kind in the realms. Young mage apprentices and gifted children travel from afar to be taught by the great mages in the college. Most respected among them is Ardenus Toriant, the Archmage. Ardenus has lead them for ten years.

The Arcane College is a stone fortress with a high tower. Contrary to common belief, the Archmage’s quarters, library and study room are not at the tower’s top. They are hidden in the vast network of tunnels and chambers underneath the fortress. Wizards do not bother walking there since there is a permanent teleportation circle right in the library. Only the Archmage and the six Senior Mages have access to it, and there are good reasons for that. That library in particular contains the latest arcane studies of those mages and the ones that came before them. They hold no qualms about forbidden magic and some forms of the art that are considered foul or inhumane. They are not bad people, at least not all of them, their only intention is to explore the secrets of the arcane from an unbiased perspective.

The library is also a study room and laboratory. They have done in depth study of necromancy and resurrection magic. Permanent permutation of living beings and even blood magic. Their research and discoveries are also stored in the library. If all this were revealed, the college would face a dire situation, depending on how it happened. If it were a student who stole secrets from the library, to become more powerful, or to get access to forbidden magic, he would be in danger. The spells and rituals are dangerous to the caster if not used properly. Lone mages try to get access to the library from time to time with no success.

The current situation is a real problem. The library was broken into and the Archmage is missing. Someone from the college must be guilty of treason because the burglars entered through the teleportation circle, the combination only known to the senior mages. Parts of the library were searched and are currently in disarray. There is a map on one of the tables, it describes the college’s regional area in detail, it also includes a schematic of the underground tunnels beneath the fortress. The library doors were forced open, it is assumed that whoever teleported in, walked out from the library. It is not clear what was stolen from the library, whose blood it is that stains the floor or where is Archmage Ardenus Toriant.

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