The Mirage (01x01)

**"The Mirage"** (01x01) is the first episode ever to air on *Faerie Fire*, as well as the first episode of Campaign One: Severance of a City. The Polycule are brought together by the mysterious halfling man, Frey Hoppingson, who promises to answer questions in return for them completing a challenge...

## Synopsis

### Pre-Show

* Cal welcomes everyone to Faerie Fire.
* Kai and the rest of the players make a joke about how they had already finished the campaign.
* Everyone introduces themselves:
	+ Cal, who uses she/they pronouns, is the Dungeon Master.
	+ Cam, who uses they/them pronouns, plays Arnie.
	+ Carson, who uses he/they pronouns, plays Kaeya.
	+ Erin, who uses they/them pronouns, plays Mo.
	+ Kai, who uses he/him pronouns, plays Boon.
* Cal reminds everyone that they have been playing as a group for a year.
* Carson talks about the 'benefits' of arson.
* Kai shares a fun fact about blueberries.
* Kai mocks Cal for drinking their juice instead of starting the session.

### Show

#### Introduction

*"Phouraria. When people hear the name they tend to think of great accomplishments. They would think of people who are proud of their home, who put in hard work to allow it to thrive and become one of the greatest nations of the world. Phouraria is a city of wonder, from the bustling Regent's Square, home to the government buildings and diplomatic headquarters; to the campus of the Phouraria Academy filled with bright, upcoming mages; to The Ring of agriculture outside the urban streets of what the citizens called ‘The Dawn.’ Many stories are told here but there is only one that we want to follow…"*

#### Meeting the Party

The story begins in The Under Dome, following Mo who is taking some time the read in between training. She overheards a conversation between a strange halfling man and The Under Dome owner, Calister So. Calister refuses to let him in since the establishment isn't open to public yet, but the halfling is wanting to speak to Mo. Eventually he leaves and Calister notifies Mo, who keeps this in mind.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in The Dim, Boon is on his way to see  Dina and Teric Merrison who had told him they had something for him. Once he arrived at the Eastern Guard Quarters, the Merrisons inform him that there is a man inside Dina's office who is saying his has information for Boon, but won't talk to anyone else about it. Boon enters to see the same halfling man, who introduces himself as Frey Hoppingson. Frey has an offer for Boon, which makes boon suspicious. He tells boon to meet him in an alleyway by The Small Circle and he will take him to his workplace to answer any questions Boon may have, 'answers that maybe nobody else could give [him].' Boon agrees to meet him at 2pm and takes a card from him which has the information related to the meeting and an offical looking symbol he doesn't recognise at the bottom.

Boon moves to leave, a short conversation with Dina following with her telling him to be careful. When Boon isn't looking, Frey disappears from the room.

Up in The Dawn, in The Frontstern Library, Arnie is found reading a book. Frey approaches her and asks for her to follow so they can talk. She agrees, looking for Kaeya to possibly help her out of this strange situation. However, Frey's goal was also the approach Kaeya. He requests that they speak together and offers them both the same as Boon.