Not because I couldn't find the way forward, but because the way I thought was forward was actually a hole to go out of bounds.
I was having fun navigating the quest blindly. I was getting stuck a few times here and there, trying to find where I'm supposed to go, but I was making progress. I then got to the "+" blocks that disappear when you touch them and got stuck there. I wasn't sure what to do until l finally noticed a little gap you could crawl through on the wall to the left hidden by the first block. I let the block dissolve, then jumped into the gap, wondering where to go next, then realized I goofed and was now out of bounds. I couldn't get back in either, since the block reappeared.
I'm gonna go eat me some lunch and try again.
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Most people do but I've found a lot of shortcuts you can skip the great hall portion entirely if you take the hidden outside route