Forest

## Description

You stepped on something and somehow you ended up somewhere you weren't planning to end up at? That doesn't sound familiar to you? Well then you might have teleported to the Academy with free will or the travel was planned! Either way the forest will be the first sight that you will see when you end up on this magical and mysterious island! The trees move slowly in the wind, bushes and high grass hide potential threats. You can feel the magic and the tension all around you.

If you move away from the platform that you are standing on, you can walk straight towards the stones in front of you that are surrounded by a magical blue light. It will teleport you up to the Main Castle where you are safe! If you take a brief look to the left, you will see the Animal Pen and potentially some magical creatures that are held there. But if you decide to stay in the forest, you should know a couple things about this place!

First of all you will find a couple ruins and broken walls in the forest. Who knows what the founders once had in mind with the castle or if these parts are perhaps leftovers from a more glorious time of the Academy? Broken walls as remains of a small village at the foot of the mountain? Perhaps you will find a good book in the Library about the history of this island that could explain these mysterious, silent bricks and pillars that you'll find almost everywhere.

If you follow the path that begins not far from the teleportation stone, you will cross a bridge at some point that will lead you deeper into the forest. Mind the blue mushrooms. Not everything appears to be what it looks like. Once you have reached the end of the path you will have to walk through a dark cave. Who knows where you might end up. Either you'll find yourself between bats and other cave creatures or you'll make your way through the cave to find yourself at the beautiful Lake.

If dark caves and mysterious walls and trees are nothing for you, you might leave this path and explore the bright fields in the north of the island. The pinetrees might cast a large shadow but nowhere else in the forest you will find more peace and unity.

The Academy even installed a safe place for a couple bee hives in this area to ensure the balance of nature and the future of the forest and its beautiful flowers. It is also good to have our own honey made by local bees. Perhaps you will get to know more about it in Herbology. But if sun and bees are nothing for you, you might carry on and walk further away from the path you were supposed to stay on.

You have reached a more dangerous part of the island. The swamp. The swamp is located in the west of the Academy and holds a series of secrets, some might be hidden in the muddy water, others are more obvious and easy to find. The Stone Cirlce is one of the oldest constructions on this island. Some claim that it stood when the Cadworth School of Arcana was still under construction. Either way you will feel that there is a strong connection to nature magic and earth itself. But be aware of what the swamp might be hiding from you!

## Main Use

* Herbology class
* Magical Creatures class

## Other Uses

* Exploration
* Missions
* Exams

## Location History

Magic is weird, isn't it? Some say that the forest once looked completely different and that often enough trees grew and merged together to form archways that could eventually lead you to other places. The forest has seen many different things. A kobold invasion, wild creatures that tried to break through the wards of the Main Castle and not to mention the exams that the Professors held in there. Sometimes these events left traces and their marks on the trees. But time heals most of these wounds.