 Arquan follows the story of Malastair, the ex-death professor at the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts. He is mourning the loss of his wife Sylvia, who was the life professor before Moulin de Woe. Our story starts in Wizard City, the heart of the spiral. We learn early on that Malastair is causing trouble around Wizard City, raising undead on most of the streets. While causing chaos, Malastair sinks the death school below Ravenwood campus, plunging it into nightside. After doing this, he steals Bartleby's eye of history in his search for the Croconomicon.