Central City is a coastal outcropping of civilization, crowded out by a vast forest of magical pleasures and dangers. Known as the Furn Woods it’s the source of all magic leaking into our world. The only thing that has stopped the wilds from completely taking over is a magical barrier erected by the Elves. Although that doesn’t stop the tamer denizens from moving to the city for work. A few kilometres into the Furn Woods is the Uni De Magica. The pilgrimage students must take to the uni is considered a rite of passage and is often undertaken in large groups with a dedicated guide. Not because the path is hard to follow, its signposted just fine. But unwary students have been lured off the path by all sorts of creatures, often turning up years later in a village as an integrated citizen or plain old breeding slave.