Alright folks, information got revealed: The threshold into the castle is acting as a spatial distortion - you cannot see across it in either direction, and those who step across the threshold vanish from sight to those on the side they just left! Keep this in mind as you make your posts - and if you cross the threshold into the castle before my next post, have that be the end of your post, as the interior of the castle has not yet been described. Have fun!