Is it me or is this quest making reference to the movie The Blair Witch Project even so far as the cover of the Umer Hills witch journal.

So three appretices mages go out into the woods sereching for the Umar Witch. Two guys and a lass they were. They never came back all we found was the lasses journal.

- It all seems somewhat familiar

Prove it! You can't prove it!! It's irrelevant... IRRELEVANT!!

The BWP was there before BG, but BG was there before the movie: you do the math.

Hint: they're interconnected.

It is a tribute to the movie.