The Carousel
Barnabus
Hoo-oow do you get information from someone with no voice? Well we decided to figure that out as we stood in front of Candlefoot the muted mime. After a painful game of charades with the dour mime, we were able to determine that Candlefoot’s voice was taken by a majestic being who could soar through the sky! The mime probably deserved it, but since we need the mime’s help… We figured we should go back to find the most important person in the carnival, Kettlestream the flying Kenku!
We decided to gather more allies in the scheme we were hatching along the way and stopped in to see Dirlagan the displacer beast. Our lost and found friend said she is part of the crowning ceremony - she escorts Mr Witch to the crowning and she would be willing to assist us in some minor mischief to fix the carnival. She also told us Candlefoot and Palacia are part of the ceremony and that Palacia was sulking at the bottom of the lake after being heckled. We would probably need to find a way to coax her out. Have these carnies never heard of a therapist?
We finally made our way back to the most impressive being here, the Kenku who could fly! For some reason Kettlestream seemed to be moping in the feasting hall. We convinced Kettlestream to admit that she had stolen Candlefoot’s voice as part of her mischief making. After we told her we were going to make some mischief of our own for Mr Witch and Mr Light she agreed to tell us how to restore Candlefoot’s voice. She did point out he was finally good at his Mime job now and that it would be a shame to ruin that. This is his chance for an excellent performance review…
We were undeterred and Kettlestream gave ME the key to reversing the mime muting - a small doll with a string tied around it’s neck. She told us to simply untie the string and the mime would be talkative again. Next we detoured to the Carousel to meet the ‘Centaur’ Diana.
Diana certainly looked like a centaur, lady on top, horse on the bottom? Check and check! However when we introduced ourselves and said we were working with Burly, she agreed to tell us her “tail” (heh-heh I am a hoot). Diana told us she was just a plain old human warrior but she lost her prized horse and made a deal with a hag who agreed to help her find her horse and also never lose it. Silly human, everyone knows making deals with hags is about as wise as… well not an owl! The opposite of an owl! In any case, very UN wise. And sure enough Diana’s deal went poorly. She and her horse were merged into one ‘centaur’ looking being. Guess she will never lose that horse though…
As a bonus, Diana was also blessed with a condition that prevented her from giving out any further information, but she did say that the horses of the carousel were magic and if we could name them, they could give us answers. After much review and debate, we were able to solve the riddles of the folksy named unicorns. We rode the carousel and as we did, our magic steeds gave us several clues. It appeared the Witchlight coven was responsible for our missing things and we were given names and locations!
What we lost can be found in Zybalia’s domain of Prismir. Three hags, who make up the Witchlight Coven, have taken over the realm.
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Fable and Barnabus (?) should seek out Scabbath the Nightshade in a hollowed tree in a sylvan forest to recover what they lost.
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PB and Amryn must recover their items from Bevlorna Brightstraw who resides in a rambling cottage on stilts in a fey swamp. This might be the hag who cursed, err “helped” Diana?
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Melina will need to find Endolyn Moongrave who resides on a mountaintop theater.
How exciting, we get to go on a witchhunt. I’ll have to remember to pack some torches and marshmellows, it sounds like we’ll be making some fine bonfires.
With our new information, we returned to Candlefoot. I reluctantly returned him to his normal state as a bad mime, but a helpful gossip. He told us the hall of illusions is where things go missing, so we will be back here I’m sure. Voice restored, he agreed to help us but rushed off to find Palacia. At the lake, she saw Candlefoot and emerged. After seeing Candlefoot’s voice was restored, she also agreed to assist our scheme.
We decided to divide and conquer during the ceremony, I would help Dirlagang escort Mr Witch to his place watching the ceremony, Fable would be crowned the monarch, during the ceremony, the party and other helpers would disrupt the normal crowning routine - Palacia might sing off key, Candlefoot would fumble the crown box, etc. While Mr Witch was distracted, I would ‘borrow’ his special watch. If we were successful, we might finally get the answers we seek!