As they attempted to descend toward the couryard and the cavorting fae, they'd both notice some issues - slight movements that seemed off, or impossible, sounds that seemed slightly out of sync, and a few other inconsistencies, that caused them to be able to pierce through the enormous, incredibly elaborate illusion that cloaked the entire castle and its surrounding environs. Beneath it, they would see the castle in its abandoned, ruined state as always - but they would also sense an enormous wellspring of planar magic in the area, similar to how the whirlpool had felt. Stronger, even, in fact.