The Great Lord Hazlik and his honoured protégé, Eleni of Toyalis, are seen within the halls of the Red Academy. Lady Eleni makes her presence known by intruding upon scheduled lessons, and in the oversight of several experiments. One such experiment leaves the head of Conjuration, Vibeke Tyllesen, a mindless, thoughtless husk, and sees another instructor, Mentalos Za'am, and one nameless, mutilated outsider sent in a caravan from the city in the dead of night.
Rumour among students has it that the three disappointed the grasping Rashemi-born Lady Eleni, who decided to turn the grisly experiment upon them. Further disappointing her, even as test subjects, they were sent to be ultimately disposed of. The truth of this is murky, though, with some saying that Za'am has recently returned to haunt the halls of the Academy- yet without his eyes.
Lady Eleni and Lord Hazlik continue to spend time in the Academy, though each to private engagements.