Exploring the school 1

In the forest

You join a group of students leaving the school early the next morning. You gather at the gatehouse where your combat teacher, the Goliath Vavith stands stoically waiting, massive arms crossed over his broad naked chest. "This everyone?" He asks gruffly, doing a quick headcount. "You will be accompanied by three fairy dragons, and will not go more than three hours travel from the lake. You will be back before sunset. This is not a mission, so you will not be granted any magical aids." He turns briskly "Follow." He grunts at you as he walks towards the armory building nearby, his long legs eating up the distance at a pace that forces you to jog lightly to keep up. "Select your armor and weapons." He said, opening the door and gesturing everyone inside ahead of him. While you all begin looking for your prefered weapons he walks over to a desk that has been shoved into a corner of the room and picks up a book off the table and flipping it open. "Bring your selections here to check them out, then wait outside for the rest of your group."
He escorts you back to the gatehouse, "Does everyone understand the rules?" He asks one last time, waiting until every person has given their assent, before nodding to the gatekeeper, who activates the runes that pull the massive gate doors open. The sound of gears grinding, chains rattling, and the squeel of...something...fills the air before the gate is open and you are allowed to pass through, your chaperone dragons taking wing once you are on the other side of the wall and circling above your heads as you begin descending the mountain path. The sky is clear and bright, reflecting off the lake sitting at the base of the mountain. Off in the distance you can see smoke from a nearby village, but it dissipates in the harsh wind you can feel flying up the side of the mountain and assulting you as you begin your treck down the trail towards the valley. Ara and Vesryn lead the group, holding hands and chatting quietly. They are setting a pretty relaxed pace which the rest of the party takes to easily enough. Gos and Bones linger at the rear of the group, lagging purposefully behind. Nim walks beside you both trying to strike up a conversation with Gossomer. "I'll never get over how different it is here. It's nothing like home." There's a hint of pained longing in his voice as he stares out into the distance. If you want to sneak back to the gatehouse you're going to have to shake him.

in the school

group 1: You wake up later than the other group, you don't have a long trek ahead of you, and you are all nobles anyway and love a good sleep in. You eat a hearty breakfast in the diner before heading into the castle to explore. You've never been in the castle itself before, most of your classes take place in the other buildings in the keep so there's never been a reason for you to go inside. But you are all very curious and itching to do something other than sit around and study all the time. And none of you thought trudging through the wilderness sounded like fun, so here you are.

group 2: Lute pluck waits until the Headmistress is busy elswhere to start her snooping. You don't really pay much attention to what the Selia says when she tells you she's got buisness elswhere and that you can entertain yourself for a few hours without her.  You were not given permission to leave the school like the others, still on probation as you are. 
group 1 school -basilisk nest group 2 date -wereboar -spy group 3 snooping -animated armor -secret rooms, there are multiple. One of them is full of blood magic artifacts, one leads to the transportation circle to her stables where her dragon is, another leads to a secret office where she keeps all her super confidancial documents...the ones for Ghost and the Teiflings and other ...unsavory buisness. Maybe one is a blood alter. group 4 forest -bugbear chief -the drow camp with note telling Nim it's dangerous for him to go home, that his sister thinks he's dead and will murder him if he returns. They have plans, but those plans require him staying safe. group 5 runaway