If anyone is reading this, you must be very capable or lucky to have gotten this far. This place is overrun with dark spirits. I'm not convinced it's the work of simple necromancy. There's an emotional source to these hauntings; a tragic history made its imprint here.
The scholar's quarter eventually connects to other floors of the tower. You should turn back, however. I locked the doors with an enchantment until I solve the mysteries here. I am close. Through divination I have discovered another plane co-existing with this section of the tower. Do not follow me. ~Archivist
Going backwards is not in your nature. You take a deep breath and enter the portal.