In the spring of 1254, Linshire welcomed joy with open arms—and nearly lost itself in the process.

It began with music. With laughter. With shimmering trails of light in the air as the Whimsywings, a traveling band of pixies, flitted into town with sugar on their breath and sparkles on their heels. They came not with threats, but with treats—Pixie Puffs, sweet confections that seemed to hum with delight and dissolve into bubbles on the tongue.

Their timing was impeccable. After a long season of hardship, Linshire craved celebration. And so, the Fairy Festival was born.

The Fairy Festival

The townsfolk gathered in the Fairy Ring beneath the silverwood trees, where the Whimsywings had woven garlands from moonlace and lit orbs of color-changing flame. Children laughed. Music danced on the wind. Even the ever-watchful Portalbound relaxed, drawn into the revelry.

The leader of the Whimsywings, Avalea, seemed delighted by the joy they’d brought. With each Pixie Puff distributed, spirits lifted higher. Kalyndra danced barefoot. The Pirate Captain tossed gold into the streets. Members of the Balance of the Blade tried to choreograph sword duels in time to fae fiddles.

For a time, Linshire glowed.

And then it fractured.

The Spell of Sweetness

The Pixie Puffs, it turned out, were not just innocent treats—they were enchanted, wrapping each mind in a haze of giddy delirium. As more were eaten, the magic deepened. Inhibition faded. Responsibility dissolved.

The Mayor declared herself a woodland bunny and burrowed under the marketplace stalls. The Order of Shadow took to juggling daggers in the square and Arguston Moonlash briefly became the Mayor. No one could resist the delight, and no one noticed they were no longer in control.

By the time the enchantment tightened its grip, Avalea’s magic had spread through the entire town. The Whimsywings smiled—but no longer seemed merry. They stood like sentinels at the edges of the Fairy Ring, eyes distant, wings still.

The town had become a playground of chaos, and Avalea its queen.

Portalbound Intervention

As guild leadership crumbled and reality bent into nonsense, the Portalbound remained the last line of defense—though even they struggled to resist the Pixie Puffs’ pull. Those who avoided the confections saw the enchantment for what it was: a spell cloaked in sugar.

They searched for answers in records, riddles, and recovered reason. A series of messages that had appeared through the portal held clues. Someone noticed that everything had its opposite, so perhaps the cure to sweetness was sour.

The race was on.

The Search for Sour

From the shelves of the Wobbly Goblin to crates of forgotten pickled turnips in Linshire’s cellar vaults, the Portalbound gathered the sourest substances the town could muster.

Avalea tried to stop them—casting illusions, conjuring joy-mirages, twisting paths through the leyline-saturated streets. But the Portalbound pushed through.

With time running out, they crafted the antidote: a bitter, sour truth that stung the tongue and cleared the mind.

Breaking the Glamour

One by one, the cured townsfolk blinked awake from the haze, some mid-dance, others mid-moo (the mayor, reportedly, was trying to herd cats). Confusion reigned—but then came clarity. And with clarity, came resolve.

The Portalbound confronted Avalea at the heart of the Fairy Ring, demanding she end the spell. But her tear-streaked face told a different story.

“I didn’t want this,” she said. “He made me.”

Avalea, once joyful and free, had been enslaved by the wizard who had escaped Linshire just a few months prior.

The Wizard’s Influence

The revelation stunned the town. The pixie queen had been a puppet—and the puppetmaster was the very wizard whose prison had been shattered when the Everglowing Ember was cast into the portal.

The energy that had once given hope had awakened something far more dangerous. Arguston Moonlash, unusually grave, warned the town that this was only the beginning. But his past made his words brittle in the ears of many.

The wizard was loose.

And now they knew he could manipulate joy as easily as fear.

Listen to the Songs

The songs for this adventure include:

• Frolic in the Fairy Ring
• Pixie Puffs
• Azalea’s Reign
• The Sour Solution
• The Wizard’s Shadow