He told his dragons to follow the flying island so they would get closer every time the island flew farther. But the island would not move far enough for him to jump down. So he decided to make it happen.
It took some work but eventually he was able to find something on the island. It was an object like a crystal ball but smaller than his fist. He was curious why this was even there. There were many things like this throughout this world, but none of this made any sense.
Aldred smashed the orb and saw something inside of it, but at first, he thought it was just dark fog, but after concentrating, he could see what looked like a map of the island and around it. The area around the island was very desolate with only forest as its neighbor. There was nothing interesting nearby. There was signs of ancient ruins. Like a temple being buried by time. He walked to an altar, and saw skeletons in a kneeling position, praying to a long-broken statue.
"What happened here?"