Aubrey's Magical Accident

Aubrey's magical accident occured during his last year at Stonelea. While experimenting with death magic, a forbidden, dark branch of magic, Aubrey disconnected his body and soul. He only managed to narrowly stave off True Death by more spellwork and George's interference.

Initially, he'd planned to transfer his state of being from alive to dead and back in the span of an instant.

On the floor of the small room in Clough Hall where Aubrey did unauthorised magical experiments, he drew a focusing figure that George described as looking like a bunch of parabolas dancing with some lopsided stars and twisty rings thrown in [BoG, 26].