Cirque so Fey

Cirque so Fey is a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition campaign streamed on twitch.tv/magirpg.

It is DMed by GloriousGe0rge, and the group of five adventurers follow The Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign setting by Wizards of the Coast.

## Story

Once upon a time, there were five friends: Courtney, Dove, Morryn, Myka, and Nissa, a collective colloquially known as the Croakers. The five friends freely frolicked in the countryside together enjoying the fruits of their friendship until one fateful day where everything changed.

On a lark, they snuck into the Witchlight Carnival, a perplexing and perilous traveling circus that appears trivially throughout the land for one day and one night. But it was on that fateful day that the friends found out that debts must always be paid in kind. For on that night, the fae that owns the Witchlight Carnival, the evil and nefarious Hourglass Coven, took from them their friend Myka, and a small piece of themselves that they would never recover.

…or so they thought.

For eight years, the friends never spoke until the day the carnival returned. The four remaining now-young-adults – Courtney an unwell warlock, Dove a resolute monk, Morryn a bewitching druid, and Nissa a lonesome ranger – marched into the carnival to demand their friend Myka be freed. Upon confronting the two leaders of the Carnival (Mr. Witch and Mr. Light) it became clear that they were powerless to help. As the sole solace, the two revealed to the Croakers the true nature of the events of their childhood, and the Coven responsible. With a new mission in hand, the four plunged themselves into a portal to Prismyr – specifically the miraculous mire of Hither.

The four were quickly attacked by a husk of hares and then rescued by a fabulous fairy named Spring Morningsky who promised to act as their guide in the Feywild and help them find their missing friend – provided they protect and unite the land of Prismyr again by freeing the proper Queen: Zybilna.

The days were long and the nights hot as the five experienced loneliness and lethargy, but also lust and love in their lengthy sojourn. After freeing Sir Talivar of the Summer Queen's court, and querying the joyful collector of keys Jingle Jangle for consultation, the five adventurers went to Downfall to confront the leader of the pack of Hares that accosted them, Agdon Longscarf.

It was at Downfall that they had to bargain with the hag bereft of kindness: Bavlorna of the Hourglass Coven. The deal was struck that the group would retrieve a portrait of Bavlorna's sister Scabatha and the evil hag would return the pieces of the group that she had stolen – along with Dove, who Slack-Jawed Lorna kept as collateral.

What awaits the Croakers in Thither? Will they find resolution to their inner conflicts? Will love and friendship keep them together? Or will they wither under the weight of their own waning resolution?

Find out in Season 2: Cirque so Fey!

## Characters

Morryn RiverbrookCourtneySpring MorningskyNissa HeartspringDante

### Recurring Non-player Characters

* Vansel: A Satyr bard who is friends with Nissa. He visitied Nissa in her dreams before entering the Feywild, and now the two have met in person after he was imprisoned by Bavlorna.
* Clapperclaw the Scarecrow: A child-sized scarecrow who helped safely guide the players from Hither to Thither.

### Allies of the Party

* Sir Talavar: A knight-errant of the Seelie Court and loyal vassal of the Summer Queen.
* Jingle Jangle: A goblin who loves keys and lives atop Telemy Hill. She had the key to Sir Talavar's cage when he was trapped.
* Will of the Feywild & his gang

### Enemies of the Party

* The Hourglass Coven
	+ Slackjaw Lorna AKA "Bavlorna"
	+ Skabatha AKA "Granny Nightshade"
* Agdon Longscarf, former leader of a Harengon Brigade. The party was able to stop him after multiple fights by taking his scarf that was the source of all his power.

## Episode Synopsis

*The below synopsis are by one of our amazing community members, DrPenguinCorey. Thank you, Penguin!*

### Epiosde 1

*Title: The Witchlight Carnival*

We meet our five friends as children in Red Larch - Dove, Morryn, Myka, Nissa, and Courtney. They call themselves "The Croakers" - they have an obsession with frogs (Myka carries a small Frog with him by the name of Freddie) and enjoy playing together. The children stumble across a mysterious carnival, but they do not have tickets to get in nor do they have money to buy tickets. Instead, the children decide to sneak into the carnival through a side entrance near the Staff area and "The Big Top".

The children spend time enjoying the Carnival, including visiting a Fortune Teller, Dragonfly Rides, Gondola Swans on the Silversong Lake, Pixie Kingdom, and Snail Racing. Eventually, however, they are caught by the Carnival proprietors, Mr. Witch & Mr. Light. The two carnival owners call them out for not having tickets to the carnival, and the children are sent to a mysterious location where they are confronted by three witches who steal things from each child.

The witches take a wand and point it at Myka and is seemingly shattered into pieces. Each of the children have something taken from them and awake alone, back in their homes, without each other for eight painful years.

### Episode 2

*Title: Eight Years Later...*

Our heroes reunited after eight years. Each one bore the trauma of their first visit to the Witchlight Carnival in their own way. Dove became a monk searching for inner peace, Courtney lost their dreams and sought treatment at a healing grove. Morryn became a druid and a recluse training with a hermit in a majestic pumpkin patch. Nissa lost her first love, Myka, and became a ranger sourcing the countryside for clues as to where the Circus had taken her friend.

### Episode 4

*Title: The Slanted Tower*

The adventuring party made their way to Telemy Hill where they met Jingle Jangle and her swaying orchard of friendly trees. Jingle Jangle provided the party with a key to unlock Sir Televar from his cage. Nissa scouted the area searching for food and water and discovered the location of the Inn at the End of the Road—a magical domicile that walks all over the land on hundreds of marching feet. The party decided to travel to the Inn at the End of the Road with Sir. Televar. Televar explained that the three hags from the Witchlight Circus are known as the Hour-Glass Coven in the Fey Wilds. These hags have divided the land up into three domains, and Televar explains that travel in between these three realms is rather difficult. Televar suggests that a scarecrow named Claperclaw living in the town of Downfall may be able to help the party traverse the realms better. While at the inn Dove and Spring became rather intoxicated on a drink known as Unicorn Vomit (which mercifully tastes like skittles). Dove and Spring transformed into two-dimensional “chibi” versions of themselves under the influence of this substance. Later, Spring and Dove shared intimacies in a private room and Spring discovered during the pillow-talk that Dove was cursed by the three hags to be incapable of lying. Court chose to sleep far away from the party so that his inner darkness would not be a problem for others, while Nissa and Morryn used the time to catch up and mutually encourage one another on their quest to find Morryn’s brother Myka.

### Episode 5

*Title: A Sample of the Fey*

*Episode 5 Post-Game Discussion*

### Episode 6

*Title: A Sample of the Fey*

Our heroes awoke after an eventful night of bonding at the Inn at the End of the Road.  Spring and Dove bonded in a more carnal way, while Nissa and Morryn clarified their quest to find Morryn’s brother Myka.  More ominously, Court bonded with their dark patron attempting to take more control over their destiny and situation.  As the party prepared to leave the inn, the awkwardness of their nocturnal encounters resulted in a palpable wetness that followed them out the door.

Eventually, the party discovered a well in the Fey Wilds containing some trivial items. They also discovered a set of will-o-the-wisps who needed help recovering their lost possessions.  The group attempted to help the wisps, but Dove was badly injured in the item-recovery attempt causing Nissa and Morryn to question Spring’s habit of helping those who cannot help themselves without taking the party’s safety into account.

Later, once the party had gotten to safety, Dove admitted to the party that she spent the night with Spring but she also has a crush on Court.  Court admitted they too have a crush on Dove and attempted to rally the group with a call to unity in a way that would ingratiate Spring with the rest of the group.  Morryn and Nissa counter suggested that everyone’s feelings were becoming a hinderance to their mission and opted for the group to put romantic interests on hold.

After more rest, the party arrived at Brigands tollway where they encountered Agdon Long Scarf, the leader of the harengon brigands.  Agdon demands more tribute from the party which speedily results in an all-out melee between the harengons and the party.  Morryn transformed into a giant toad to engage the bandits while Court teleported into the bandit camp.  The session ended mid-combat as Court called forth their tome of shadows and asked their patron to “make them pay!”

*Episode 6 Post-Game Discussion*

### Episode 7

*Title: Courting Death*

Our heroes experienced their most desperate battle yet again against Agdon Long Scarf and his tribe of Harengon brigands. Court the warlock, called upon the power of their patron unleashing a dark cloud of shadows that made rather short work of the Harengon grunt forces. Unlike his underlings, Agdon proved to be a quick and cunning adversary. He used his superior speed and pickpocketing skills to grab many items from the party including the glass blowing device that Spring used to conjure their Echo-Warrior. Agdon also employed a brand against Dove which kept her from seeing the bandit leader and attacking him directly. Dove noticed that Court was under the control of their shadowy patron, so she used her skills in meditation to help investigate Court’s mind. Dove discovered that Court and their Patron have a complicated relationship based on a struggle for power. The Patron consistently undermined the intentions and usefulness of Court’s allies—demanding that Court should depend on him alone.

As Court struggled against their Patron to exert control over the shadows, the shadows became increasingly hostile against Court’s allies severely wounding Dove and Nissa. The Patron also utilized mind control powers to cause Spring and Dove to fight against their allies damaging each other. Eventually, Spring managed to talk Court down enough for Dove to rush in and fight off the shadows back into the recesses of Court’s mind. All totaled, Agdon and a few of his Herengon cronies escaped to the city of Downfall, and our heroes now painfully understand that Court’s Patron is a dangerous foe that could unravel their whole friendship—if not destroy the Fey Wilds. Finally, as the party examined the loot left behind by the Herengons, they discovered a frog that claimed to be a prince. After some uncertainty, and asking for the frog's consent, Morryn kissed the frog transforming him into a tall humanoid-frog in regal attire.

*Episode 7 Post-Game Discussion*

### Episode 8

Part 1 & Part 2

*Title: Agdon's Downfall*

*Title: Bavlorna's Bargain*

For the season 1 finale of Cirque so Fey our intrepid heroes made their way to Bavlorna’s hut.  As they approached, they noticed Vansel the satyr was imprisoned in a cage dangling precariously on the side of the hut.  Apparently Vanzel had recently run afoul with Bavlorna for not performing a favor in exchange for magical sunglasses.  The party decided to deal with Bavlorna first before going on to rescue Vanzel.

Once Inside of Bavlorna’s hut, Court made the mistake of trying on a hat that sprang to life and almost devoured their head.  Thankfully, the party worked together and made quick work of the “not a sorting hat.”  Afterwards, they found Bavlorna’s chambers, but she was busy entertaining a guest.

Bavlorna gave the party several menial tasks to complete such as fumigating a giant wasp nest, helping her chef deal with a buzzard infestation, and unclogging a drain of a gelatinous cube.  The gelatinous cube almost devoured Morryn, but Dove and Court successfully pulled her from the cube before it’s acid could destroy her.

Once the party dispatched the cube and the rest of Bavlorna’s housekeeping errands, Bavlorna came down to her pool-room to make a deal with the party.  In particular, Bavlorna wanted a book that Court had come to possess during the Croaker insurrection in the nearby town of Downfall.  After much hemming-and-hawing, Court gave the book to Bavlorna.  Bavlorna then offered to divulge information about Myka’s whereabouts if the party would go to her sister’s realm and retrieve a portrait.

Bavlorna gave the party 8 days to retrieve the portrait.  She also took Dove as a hostage/collateral but agreed to free Vansel as part of the deal.  All totaled, the party bargained to get back Dove, Dove’s ability to lie, and Nissa’s first love (and the ability to love) if they returned with the portrait in 8 days. Bavlorna gave the party enough information to locate the portrait in Loomlurch—a giant hollowed out tree trunk in the forests of Thither.

Leaving on a boat with Vanzel by their side, they headed toward Clapperclaw with his stag-skull so that he could transport the party to the land of Thither.  Now, the party has only 8 days to retrieve the portrait and get back what Bavlorna took from them.

### Episode 1

*Title: Hither to Thither*

Our heroes Nissa (human-ranger), Spring (fairy-echo knight), Morryn (human-druid), and Court (human-warlock) traveled to the land of Thither the forested realm of Granny Nightshade one of the three witches of the Hourglass Coven. Their mission was to steal/acquire/bargain for a portrait in possession of Granny Nightshade and give it to Nightshade’s sister Bavlorna within eight days.

On the first day of their mission, our heroes discovered wanted posters strewn about the forest placing a bounty on Will of the Feywild. Each of our heroes found a poster for Will promising to return something each had lost years ago when they were punished for sneaking into the Witchlight carnival.

Following the directions of Clapperclaw (a scarecrow) and Vansel (a satyr) the party plunged into the fey forest eventually encountering a Dryad. The Dryad, who apparently detested the allies of Granny Nightshade, was accosting a hooded man named Dante for being in possession of a wanted poster of his own. Upon seeing the rest of the party (with their own wanted posters in tow), the situation turned hostile, and the party (with the help of Dante) dispatched the dryad and her family much to Morryn’s chagrin.

After the skirmish, Vansel the Satyr prevailed on the party to visit the cave dwelling of a friend and partake of some cider. The party discovered that the owner of the cave is named Nib and he has been punished by Granny Nightshade spin his vast fortune of ill-gotten gold into useful items for travelers. Morryn and Nissa were initially suspicious of Nib’s offer since nothing in the Few Wilds has been free thus far. The rest of the party was less suspicious and received various treasures from Nib.

For Spring, they received a set of bracers of archery. Court received a robe of useful things that specifically had a comfort blanket for them. Dante received a set of armor of gleaming which can never get dirty. Nissa received a set of boots of elven-kind and cloak of protection which she gave to Morryn since Morryn did not want the burden of debt for taking Nib’s gift. Near the end of the night, Morryn made two discoveries. The first was that Will of the Fey Wild was last seen with his “getaway gang” in an area of the forest called Little Oak. The second discovery came to Morryn in a dream where she discovered their new acquaintance Dante may be the same Dante that picked on her and her brother when they were children.

*Episode 1 Post-Game Chat*

### Episode 2

*Title: Will of the Feywild*

Last week on Cirque so Fey, our intrepid heroes took their leave from Nib’s cave to further explore the land of Thither in search of Will of the Fey Wild (a child with a bounty on his head courtesy of Granny Nightshade). Going deeper into the woods, the party discovered a sentient mushroom bathing in butter. The mushroom had been tricked into basting itself by a half-orc who had designs on eating the mushroom once he found some firewood to properly cook it. Dante grabbed the mushroom and attempted to escape with it but the half-orc came back and discovered the theft. Dante and the Half Orc tussled for the mushroom with Dante being knocked unconscious. The rest of the party stepped up and things escalated quickly with the half orc swearing undying enmity against the party.

Morryn, in particular, had experienced quite enough enmity during her time in the feywild and decided to straight up murder the half-orc and burn his body to the horror of Spring and Court. Morryn’s plan was thwarted by an invisible ally of the half-orc who cleared the body away before it could be burned. As the party approached the area of Little Oak several soul search conversations took place. Dante attempted to apologize to Morryn for his actions as a child but he was unable to convince her of his good intentions. Spring expressed their doubts about Morryn’s goodness and encouraged Nissa to stage an intervention. Court voiced his feelings of uselessness to the entire party and the party’s efforts to console Court also feel flat.

Once the party arrived at Little Oak, they meet up with Will of the Feywild and his runaway gang. They quickly achieved détente and after a quick council together, learned that Will and his gang were planning to break out the rest of the children from Granny Nighshade’s workshop. The party offered to aid in the endeavor, but Will gave them a small quest first to prove their sincerity—to find a unicorn at a location called the Wayward Pool. That night when the party set up camp by a river the heart-to-heart talks resumed. Spring and Dante discussed Dante’s past as a Toady and how he wants to both stop the Hags and find Mika to apologize to him. Meanwhile, Morryn was explaining to Nissa that Dante was the same child who tormented her brother when they were kids. Nissa remembered that Dante was run out of town because he was accused of murdering on of his Toady friends. Morryn ended the night with a parting shot by casting a spell which left Dante waterlogged but mostly unharmed.

*Episode 2 Post-Game Chat*

### Episode 3

*Title: Jabberwock Attacks*

Our party made their way to the wayward pool to cheer up a unicorn as a quest for Will of the Feywild and his get-away-gang.  Morryn had recently found out that their new traveling companion Dante, was a member of the Toadies--a gang of kids who had picked on our heroes when they were children.

Morryn divulged Dante’s identity to Court, who immediately went to confront Dante.  In the brief but tense encounter, Court proved to Dante just how strong they had become by binding him in shadows.  Dante attempted to explain that he had suffered a lot since he was a child, but Court was unable to sympathize or forgive Dante.

After the tussle with Court, Dante left the group to wander a distance away from the party.  Spring followed at a distance to keep an eye on Dante.  Later that night, a beast later identified as the Jabberwock, attacked Dante and Spring location mortally injuring Spring.  In the morning, Nissa and Dante discovered on Spring’s corpse had been ripped and burned by a large dragon-like creature.

The party came back together to discuss their next plan of action. They acknowledged that the Feywild had a tendency of manifesting the pain and tensions within the party, so the temporarily agreed to lay off hostilities until they could get to the wayward pool and find the unicorn. Upon arriving at the wayward pool, Dante and Nissa dawned their “unicorn costume” and Morryn wild shaped into a horse and glued a talking oil can to her head to simulate a horn. Court began to lament again that they felt like their contribution to the party was only causing problems. As they were left behind while the rest of the party traveled to the island in the middle of the wayward pool. While the party was on the island, a unicorn named Lamorna approached Court and discussed their shared feelings of loss. Court asked if the unicorn could help Spring and the unicorn obliged by resurrecting the fallen party member.

Afterward, Lamorna revealed that the hourglass coven had taken the horn from her lover (a unicorn named Elidon). The party learned that the horn was used by the hourglass coven to seal away the arch fey Zybilna and that if they wished to release Zybilna, they would likely need the horn to undo the enchantment. The evening ended with Lamorna refusing to ally with Will of the Fey Wild, but suggested that the story they had of their resurrected friend would probably be proof enough that the heroes should be allowed to join forces with Will and his band. Before the party could return to little oak, they were ambushed by the half-orc and his pack of hunting dogs leaving our party once again on the precipice of combat.

*Episode 3 Post-Game Talk*

### Episode 4

*Title: Raid on Loomlurch*

Last week on Cirque so Fey, our heroes only had a few seconds to rejoice in Spring Morning Sky’s resurrection by Lamorna, a unicorn, because a half-orc hunter named Zarak ambushed the party trying to slay the unicorn. The combat between Zarak and his blink dogs with the party was brutal. Spring almost died again via strangulation, while several other party members also took heavy damage.

Fortunately for Spring, the party made a concerted counter-attack on Zarak which finished him off and caused his pack of dogs to abandon the fight. A search of Zarak’s body revealed that he was a member of a group calling themselves the League of Malevolence. The party briefly wondered if this was an organization like Agdon Longscarf and his Harengon brigands.

After the fight, Spring immediately brought up that Court and Morryn had harmed Dante the day before causing Court to follow Dante into the wilderness which indirectly led to them dying in the Jabberwock attack. Spring declared their doubts about the goodness of the party, and even used Court’s full name in a way that Court had previously used Dante’s name.

As the party continued toward Granny Nightshade’s home of Loomlurch, the party began to polarize into a Court/Morryn faction and a Spring/Dante faction with Nissa trying desperately to hold the party together. They all returned to Will of the Feywild’s hideout and reported their lack of success on getting the unicorn’s cooperation.

Will and his get-away gang traveled to Loomlurch with our heroes and explained their plan to free the rest of the children enslaved in Granny Nightshade’s toy factory. Court, Morryn, Clapper Claw, and Vansel would cause a diversion and talk to the hag about the candy the children were creating, while Spring, Dante, and Nissa performed a flanking maneuver to get into Granny Nightshade’s haven.

Morryn and Court successfully got an audience Granny Nightshade’s after Court became poisoned from eating candy with bugs in it and asked to speak with the manager. Nissa, Dante, and Spring masterfully broke in through the side door and quickly found a child and a dwarf they could release.

In the meantime, Court and Morryn met with Granny Nightshade who quickly gained Morryn’s attention by mentioning her lost brother, Myka offering to make another bargain for information concerning his whereabouts. Granny Nightshade offered info on how to “save” Myka in exchange for either a unicorn horn or the capture of Will of the Feywilds.

In an effort to cure his poison status, Court traded their blanket with Granny Nightshade for an antidote. Unfortunately, Court’s promise to regain possession of their blanket was taken as a rude threat by Granny Nightshade and our session ended with the chairs in Granny Nightshade’s parlor revealing themselves to be mimics.

*Episode 4 Post-Game Talk*

### Episode 5

Last week on Cirque so Fey, Court managed to provoke Granny Nightshade into attacking them, Morryn, Clapper Claw, and Vansel with mimics. The battle was quick and desperate with court becoming incapacitated and Morryn unleashing her moonbeam spell which took out the mimics, and revealed Morryn’s true form as a hag. Granny night shade attacked Morryn incapacitating her and polymorphing Vansel into a pig keeping him from escaping.

Meanwhile, Nissa, Spring, and Dante placed their trust in a creepy doll named Pincushion who betrayed them by taking them all directly to Granny Nightshade. Nissa managed to grab the painting of Granny Nightshade and keep that fact a secret as more combat broke out as Will of the Fey Wild turned up with several rescued children and the dwarf Elkhorn.

In the combat that followed, Granny Nightshade cast remove curse on Will of the Feywild which revealed his true form to be an Onnan (sp?). Will continued to attack Granny Nightshade causing her to take some damage. Meanwhile, the party made a mad dash for the exit taking a few children with them along with the unconscious bodies of Morryn and Court. However, many of the children (including the get away gang) remained behind.

As the party retreated into the forest, Danta revealed to Nissa that he had harbored a crush on her when they were children, and that his tendency to pick on Myka was due partly to jealousy. The possibilities of a Nissa/Dante (relation)ship began to set sail, but Granny Nightshade once again located the party, swooping down on a magical rocking horse. More action and potential combat awaits our party again tonight.

*Episode 5 Post-Game Talk*

### Episode 6

Last week on Cirque so Fey, our heroes managed to rescue three children (slaves) from Scabatha, the hag-ruler of the land of Thither.  Unfortunately, Scabatha was hot on their trail—chasing our heroes on a flying rocking horse.  The battle between Scabatha and our heroes was absolutely brutal with Court and Vansel being knocked unconscious and Nissa sustaining a mortal wound—dying in Dante’s arms.  Scabatha halted her assault after retrieving all three of her slave-children and retreated back to her lair of Loomlurch.

Dante, Morryn, and Spring were able to get Court and Vansel back on their feet, but all of the spell casters had exhausted their supply of potentially life saving spells.  Nissa’s death galvanized the party into cooperating at any cost—and the cost they were prepared to pay was great indeed.  Dante’s suggestion was to travel a short distance to visit his arch-fey patron, Yarnspinner, to if maybe they could resurrect Nissa just like they had once saved Dante from the brink of death.

As the party arrived at Yarnspinner’s glade, all of Yarnspinner’s forest friends were gathered around to hear the giant spider’s latest story.  Dante was understandably impatient to beg his patron for help, but the protocols of Yarnspinner’s storytelling routine took precedence.  Eventually, Yarnspinner looked over Nissa’s corpse and confirmed what they all feared—Nissa had been dead for too long to perform a revivification ritual.  The only hope the party had left was to find a wizard or a scroll with access to a powerful resurrection spell.

Dante proceeded to lay out Nissa’s body for a funeral wake, while Morryn refused to accept the reality of Nissa’s death.  Morryn summoned her hag-patron, the dreaded Baba Yaga and begged her for the power to resurrect her fallen friend.  Baba Yaga appealed to the law of reciprocity that Morryn would have to give up something very valuable to receive such a rich boon.

Morryn and Baba Yaga agreed the price would be both of Morryn’s eyes.  Morryn initially had difficulties removing her first eye—damaging it beyond repair.  Baba Yaga offered to heal Morryn’s eye in exchange for the life of Butterscotch, a campestris (sentient mushroom) she had saved a few days before.  With her eye restored, Morryn successfully plucked out both of her eyes, receiving the scroll to revive Nissa.

Later, as a now blinded Morryn regrouped with her friends, she realized that someone else would need to read the scroll and they would need a flawless diamond as the material component for the spell.  Court volunteered to cast the spell, while Dante asked Yarnspinner for help with the jewel.  In the first of their two great exchanges, Court exchanged for their finger traps they had saved since their first visit to the Witchlight Carnival for the Diamond.  Secondly, Court appealed to their patron for assistance in casting the spell itself.  Their shadowy patron, ever greedy for more power, demanded Court part with some of their life force, eventually sapping away half of Court’s life in exchange for assistance.

With all of their heroics completed, the moment of truth arrived. Court cast the spell inscribed on the scroll.  Meanwhile, deep in the Beastlands, Nissa was experiencing the ranger ideal of paradise and had become reunited with her deceased mother.  When Court cast the spell, Nissa understood that she still had unfinished business in the lands of the living and parted ways with her mother—saying goodbye again.

*Episode 6 Post-Game Talk*

### Episode 7

Previously on Cirque so Fey, in the wake of Nissa’s resurrection our heroes experienced an evening of relief from their toils.  Dante broke the news to Vansel about Nissa’s resurrection, desiring clarification about Vansel’s relationship with Nissa (since Dante was also interested in pursuing a relationship with Nissa.)

Because Vansel had used the rose-colored glasses that housed Nissa’s stolen ability to love, he became angry at Dante for not understanding Nissa’s predicament, while also feeling guilty for using Nissa’s misfortune to power his own exploits.

Morryn and Yarnspinner had a discussion about the lengths she would go to get her brother back.  After hearing Yarnspinners tale of the rabbit and the bear, Morryn conceded that any cost would be worth it to reunite her brother with Nissa—even if that cost horrified her brother because of what she had become.  Yarnspinner offered to help Morryn by lowering her into a dark cavern to meet the Myconids dwelling there. (edited)

Morryn met with the colony of Myconids quickly establishing a rapport with them.  She offered to take some of their spores elsewhere to plant another colony.  These spores were grafted into Morryn’s back, granting her the ability to perceive things within 10 feet of her person, effectively giving her the ability to move and function in close quarters again.

Spring was glad that Nissa was alive and confessed that he had misjudged the quality of the friendship possessed by Nissa and her friends.  Spring realized that in addition to his vow to free his homeland from the Hourglass Coven’s control, he would be willing to do almost anything to help and protect his new-found coterie of friends.

Court, exhausted from his ordeals, went to sleep and directly challenged his warlock patron. Using Yarnspinner’s blanket, Court was able to exert control over his patron and wrestle away some of the life force the patron had taken from them.  The patron retreated from Court clearly angry about this turn of events.

After confronting their patron, Court and Spring met up.  The two exchanged heartfelt appreciation for the other eventually resulting in Court asking for Spring’s true name.  Spring reciprocated by giving their true name: Frost Winterwind.  The two then went off to share romantic intimacies.

After these events, the party met Clover, the animated stuffed animal that Dove had sent with a letter to warn the party of Bavlorna’s treachery.  The party realized that they would need to race back to Bavlorna’s hut as soon as possible.  Yarnspinner provided a chariot hitched to an owl bear to aid in their travels.  The party used the chariot to break through the gauntlet of Harrengons and Bully Wogs blocking their path.

The party managed to fight their way through the onslaught suffering a few injuries but sustaining no casualties.  Spring also managed to convince one of the Bully Wogs to switch sides providing them with a potential ally in the future.  The party also acquired a magical flying carpet that some of their pursuers had used to board the chariot.  Now, the party finds themselves making a b-line for Bavlorna’s hut with hope in their heart that they are not too late to save Dove.

*Episode 7 Post-Game Talk*

### Episode 8

Last month on the Season 2 finale of Cirque so Fey, our heroes were given a heist quest to steal a portrait for the hag Bavlorna from her sister Scabatha. Bavlorna kept one of the party members, Dove, hostage as collateral until the heist was completed, but Bavlorna had no intention of honoring the deal.  Bavlorna devoured Dove, sent her militia of Bullywogs and Harengons to slow our heroes down, and then met our heroes on the field of battle outside of her cottage to keep them from delivering the portrait to her in her domicile.

Bavlorna summoned four Lorn-lings (fast miniature doppelgangers of herself) to attack our heroes and initially her hard-hitting minions looked to have the edge in combat due to their superior speed.  Court managed to turn the tide of battle by first using counter spell on one of Bavlorna’s lethal attacks and then distracting the hag by exploiting her allergy to withershins. Using a flying carpet, Court flew around the hag in a counterclockwise pattern causing Bavlorna to vomit profusely—eventually coughing up the body of Dove.

Court managed to further block Bavlorna’s offensive power by bestowing a curse on Bavlorna after seeing Dove’s motionless body fall into the swamp.  This curse kept Bavlorna from unleashing several potent attacks on the rest of the party.  Court then flew their magic carpet to Bavlorna’s cottage to deliver the stolen painting and fulfill their end of the bargain.

One by one, the party began to dispatch the Lorn-lings.  Dante stabbed one, Spring and their echo killed two others, while Court killed two more with the spell Armor of Agathis.  Suddenly, Bavlorna found herself alone in the battle as our heroes concentrated their attacks on the hag. Morryn cast Moon Beam inflicting a massive amount of damage on Bavlorna, while Spring fired repeatedly with their bow.

Eventually, Bavlorna began to plead for her life.  When this didn’t work, she drank a healing potion and attempted one final assault on the party.  Spring countered with a barrage of arrows and Bavlorna fell down dead.  The party inspected Dove’s body and found her to be unconscious but still very much alive.

After the battle the party found two items Dove had tossed out of Bavlorna’s window before she had been devoured—a pair of ruby glasses, and a menacing dagger.  The glasses contained Nissa’s stolen ability to love, while the dagger contained Bloody-Toes’ first murder.  The party gave the dagger to Bloody Toes who swore not to harm them as they went out into the world to accumulate a body count.

Nissa, meanwhile, used the glasses to regain her ability to love, flooding her with emotions she had not felt since childhood.  Morryn and Dante attempted to loot Bavlorna’s hut but the booby-trapped helm, animated armor, and the will o the whisp proved enough of a deterrent to keep them from taking off with too much plunder.

Having rescued Dove, the party returned to Thither and the web-covered clearing of Yarnspinner.  Nissa received a letter from Vansel apologizing for using the glasses.  He also declared his intentions to stay in Thither and rescue children from Scabatha’s workshop.  Later, Dante and Nissa expressed their feelings of affection for each other and before either knew what was going on, Yarnspinner was there to perform a Fey marriage, much to the chagrin of Morryn who was hoping to reunite Nissa with her first love interest, Myka.

The session ended with Dove awakening and revealing that she had survived because she was possessed by Court’s former warlock patron.  With black smoke billowing from Dove’s eyes, the shadowy patron expressed its glee at being removed from Court’s influence and then vanished with Dove’s body.  The party realized this rescue mission still had a way to go, and took off toward the land of Yon in pursuit of Dove.

*Episode 8 Post-Game Talk*

### Episode 1

The party headed through a portal to an unknown land attempting to save their friend Dove (who had become possessed by Court’s former patron). Yarnspinner gave the party a scroll to help them on their journey, and suddenly the party found themselves transported out of the Feywilds and into the land of Dementlieu.

Immediately, the party encountered a wagon that housed a traveling puppet show. The driver of the wagon insisted the heroes watch the show and to their surprise, the show paraphrased their adventures in the Feywilds up until that point. It also revealed that the shadow creature in Court had taken their friend “into the mists.” As the party asked the wagon driver how they knew such things, the proprietor of the show revealed herself to be Endelyn Moongrave, the third member of the Hourglass Coven.

Endelyn offered to play the role of fairy godmother to the party, getting them to a location where they could find Dove, but it would cost them “a few moments of their time.” The party did not want to get involved with another deal from the hags of the Hourglass Coven, but as they traveled and discovered Dove’s location, it became increasingly obvious to our heroes that they were going to need tickets and fine clothing if they were going to get into the building where Dove was located.

Begrudgingly, our heroes accepted Endelyn’s deal. Each party member received a makeover worthy of a fairytale, masquerade masks, and enough tickets for all of them to enter the building. Apparently, the building was playing host to a masquerade ball for the evening and the party was soon surrounded by strange and ambitious nobles. As the party went to find Dove, Endelyn located a masked Dhampir named Cantarella and explained that her life was in danger—that an old adversary named Kazan had returned and was seeking vengeance. Endelyn made a pact with Cantarella that she would take care of Kazan in exchange for Cantarella and her patron revivifying Endelyn’s recently deceased sister, Bavlorna.

The party found Dove (still possessed by Kazan) in a room with a giant swimming pool. After several rounds of combat, Dove was knocked unconscious, and the shadows of Kazan became free. The party spent a few more rounds concentrating their fire on Kazan which quickly depleted its health as well.

Court used their bestow curse power to bind Kazan back into their body—forcing Kazan to accept new terms of indenturement as Court’s patron. With Kazan shackled, the party returned to Dove to find that she was alright. Everyone rejoiced and embraced at being reunited with Dove. With everything seemingly put back to right, the party decided to find a ballroom dress for Dove so they all could enjoy the remainder of the masquerade ball together.

### Episode 2

The party returned to the masquerade ball after defeating Court’s patron and rescuing their friend Dove. Nissa and Morryn went immediately to the bar to celebrate over a drink. As they scanned the room over some mushroom wine, they noticed a levitating couple dancing near the ceiling. One of the dancers dropped their partner and Morryn cast her entangle spell to break the man’s fall.

As Morryn saved the plummeting stranger, a jingling sound washed over the whole masquerade ball casting a spell on most of the patrons. The spell caused many of the party guest to forget why they were there or who they had arrived with. The spell also seemed to amplify the amorous intentions of anyone caught under the spell.

Morryn learned that the man she saved was named Rev Brooks. The shared a drink together and Rev displayed genuine interest in Morryn’s mycophilic interests. The two of them went for a walk in the hedge maze surrounding the ballroom. In the maze, Rev noticed a dread lord named Louise who was very much not deceased as Rev had thought. To avoid being noticed, Rev kissed Morryn to share his power to cover them both in darkness.

Morryn and Rev decided to leave the hedge maze after Louise drained the life from another creature.  They eventually made their way to a tall tower with a telescope observatory on top.  They briefly shared their memories about their past adventures before admitting they were having a lovely time together.  Rev promised to contact Morryn after she left the Grim Domains and then brought her close to share a kiss—this time without a stealthy pretext.

Meanwhile, Court, Spring, and Dove were having the time of their lives at the ball and they eventually sought a more private place to share intimacies together. They decided to adorn the master bedroom of the masquerade ball’s host with their love—a decision that turned out to be rather dangerous since the host had a penchant for disintegrating guests who got too uppity.

Also meanwhile, Nissa and Dante were sharing an awkward moment in the ball room. Nissa grabbed a bottle of wine and two glasses in the hopes of getting Dante to loosen up. They eventually made their way to a library where they played a drinking game involving divulging secrets to one another. Having opened up to one another, they eventually decided to consummate their fey marriage amid the stacks of the library (Probably the 176 section of the Dewey Decimal System).

Eventually the party regrouped together and decided to venture out to visit a near by carnival because Spring believed he knew the carnival’s owner and Nissa said she could feel a portal emanating from that direction. Court was still riding their latest wave of manic energy and thanked the host of the ball for such a lovely evening (Even though the party had been warned not to do this). In an unusual display of forbearance, the Dread Lord accepted the compliment without attacking Court.

The party made their way to the carnival, learning quickly that this circus was just as dangerous as the Witchlight Carnival.  Spring was accosted by a creature that cause them quite a bit of psychic damage before the party met up with Asolde, the manager of the Carnival.  Isolde did not trust Spring at first because she feared Spring was there on the orders of Zabilna—her former master.

Isolde made a deal with Spring and their friends that they could use her portal to travel back to the Fey Wilds, but Spring would need to seek out a vicious shape changing monster as payment. As the party went through the portal, they discovered that Dove was actually dead (killed by Bavlorna several episodes ago) and she was unable to accompany them on their journey.

### Episode 3

Our heroes arrived back in the Feywilds to discover that Dove had passed away in the mists separating the realms of Thither and the Grim Domains.  The party held a simple funeral for Dove and then discussed their plans to travel to the land of Yon to deal with Endelyn, the final hag of the Hourglass coven.

The party attempted to get new armor from Yarnspinner, since they were still wearing their masquerade ball clothing, but Yarnspinner had other things to deal with and was unable to provide them with more assistance.  Dante and Court also reestablished their childhood rivalry, with Dante pushing Court to the ground on several occasions covering them with mud.

After the party arrived in the land of Yon, they made their way to a tall plateau where a circle of standing stones had been erected.  Amid the standing stones, the party meet a dashing Dandy-lion (A literal honest-to-god flower) named Amador and his paramour Polinella (a large honey bee).  Unfortunately, the meeting was cut short by the arrival of nearly a dozen goblins that ambushed the party and Amador.

Morryn was almost overpowered by the goblin attack before a stranger arrived and joined the fray.  Together, the party and the stranger dispatched the goblins.  Exhausted, from the encounter, our heroes took some time to recuperate from their injuries and met the stranger who introduced himself as prince Alagarthas.  Spring recognized Alagarthas (as did the rest of the party) because Spring’s Echo is made in the likeness of Alagarthas.

Alagarthas disclosed to Spring that he had been a guest at Endelyn’s castle because she had predicted he would die if he faced a Green Dragon that was terrorizing his own lands.  After staying with Endelyn for 7 days, Alagarthas realized that he had no way to get back to his own kingdom and so he was seeking out a group of creatures known as Korreds to see if they knew of a portal to return to his home.

After the party rested, Alagarthas found the Korreds and challenged them to a game of Crowns, a board game.  Alagarthas won the game and was directed to a cave of wishes as a possible way to get home.  The party decided to accompany Alagarthas to the cave after a short debate about how the prince could help them, and how they didn’t have a lot of trust in the power of wishes or in their new unproven royal companion.

After the party arrived at the cave, they encountered a pack of Yeth hounds, quadrupedal creatures making horrible sounds that caused Court and Spring to want to retreat further into the cave system.  Nissa cast pass without a trace to help the party hide from the Yeth Hounds.  As they were hiding, Prince Alagarthas noticed a pile of gold and gems at the end of a tunnel corridor.

Our heroes investigated the pile of gems, discovering that each gem contains a wish.  Amid the pile of gold, Nissa also recovered a piece of enchanted leather armor.  As the party searched for items and armor, a hulking creature came up to the pile of gold and gems and began eating the gems.  The party attempted to be stealthy, but Court was discovered and hit by the hulk’s over-sized club.  Morryn worked quickly to distract the creature and Court jumped back into a hiding place.

### Episode 4

Last week on Cirque so Fey, our heroes arrived back in the Feywilds to discover that Dove had passed away in the mists separating the realms of Thither and the Grim Domains.  The party held a simple funeral for Dove and then discussed their plans to travel to the land of Yon to deal with Endelyn, the final hag of the Hourglass coven.

The party attempted to get new armor from Yarnspinner, since they were still wearing their masquerade ball clothing, but Yarnspinner had other things to deal with and was unable to provide them with more assistance.  Dante and Court also reestablished their childhood rivalry, with Dante pushing Court to the ground on several occasions covering them with mud.

After the party arrived in the land of Yon, they made their way to a tall plateau where a circle of standing stones had been erected.  Amid the standing stones, the party meet a dashing Dandy-lion (A literal honest-to-god flower) named Amador and his paramour Polinella (a large honey bee).  Unfortunately, the meeting was cut short by the arrival of nearly a dozen goblins that ambushed the party and Amador.

Morryn was almost overpowered by the goblin attack before a stranger arrived and joined the fray.  Together, the party and the stranger dispatched the goblins.  Exhausted, from the encounter, our heroes took some time to recuperate from their injuries and met the stranger who introduced himself as prince Alagarthas.  Spring recognized Alagarthas (as did the rest of the party) because Spring’s Echo is made in the likeness of Alagarthas.

Alagarthas disclosed to Spring that he had been a guest at Endelyn’s castle because she had predicted he would die if he faced a Green Dragon that was terrorizing his own lands.  After staying with Endelyn for 7 days, Alagarthas realized that he had no way to get back to his own kingdom and so he was seeking out a group of creatures known as Korreds to see if they knew of a portal to return to his home.

After the party rested, Alagarthas found the Korreds and challenged them to a game of Crowns, a board game.  Alagarthas won the game and was directed to a cave of wishes as a possible way to get home.  The party decided to accompany Alagarthas to the cave after a short debate about how the prince could help them, and how they didn’t have a lot of trust in the power of wishes or in their new unproven royal companion.

After the party arrived at the cave, they encountered a pack of Yeth hounds, quadrupedal creatures making horrible sounds that caused Court and Spring to want to retreat further into the cave system.  Nissa cast pass without a trace to help the party hide from the Yeth Hounds.  As they were hiding, Prince Alagarthas noticed a pile of gold and gems at the end of a tunnel corridor.

Our heroes investigated the pile of gems, discovering that each gem contains a wish.  Amid the pile of gold, Nissa also recovered a piece of enchanted leather armor.  As the party searched for items and armor, a hulking creature came up to the pile of gold and gems and began eating the gems.  The party attempted to be stealthy, but Court was discovered and hit by the hulk’s over-sized club.  Morryn worked quickly to distract the creature and Court jumped back into a hiding place.

### Episode 5

The party found themselves in the inner sanctum of a Fomorian, a cursed creature that feeds on wishes and hoards massive piles of jewels and gold (I assume his name was Elon). Courtney alerted the creature while rummaging through its treasure pile and the party tried in vain to extricate themselves from combat. As the group realized they would have to fight this creature to the death, Spring unleashed several critical strikes with their bow and arrows, while Court used their magic carpet to fly Morryn and Clapper Caw to a safer area. However, the call to loot the Fomorian’s treasure pile was strong, and Court dove “Scrooge McDuck” style into the mountain of gold and magic items. Nissa, Dante, Alagarthas, and Amador also joined in the fray and cornered the Fomorian on a log bridge suspended over a dark chasm. As the Fomorian continued to take heavy damage from the party, a single Yeth Hound burst into the cave clearing alerting the party to the arrival of a second Fomorian (I assume it was the mate of the first Fomorian—we’ll name him Donald).

Eventually the first Fomorian fell of its log into the dark chasm, and Amador the Dandy-Lion would have went plummeting to his death had Spring not swooped in to rescue the valorous flower. Meanwhile, Court took a brief break from looting the gold pile to fight the Yeth hound. Nissa, Dante and Alagarthas fought the second Fomorian on a rickety suspension bridge over the chasm that claimed the first Fomorian. The suspension bridge snapped under the weight of the Fomorian during the combat almost causing Dante, Alagarthas, and Nissa to fall into the abyss. Nissa managed to demonstrate a heroic feat of strength getting both Dante and Alagarthas back to safety. With the battle over, the party realized that both Morryn and Dante had contracted a cursed condition from the baleful glare of the Fomorian’s evil eye. Court seemed eager to dole out presents from the loot they snagged, but Spring and Morryn both voiced their disapproval with Spring’s lack of aid during the combat. Morryn also discovered a jewel containing her wish to save her brother, Myka. Morryn broke the jewel hoping it would make the wish come true. Instead, Morryn’s wish became crushed with the Jewel as she began to fully loose hope that she would ever save her brother.

Among the items in the Fomorian’s treasure trove, was a bag of magical seeds. Morryn planted two of the seeds. One germinated into a beer fountain, while the other one grew into a large pyramid structure. Morryn and Court explored the Pyramid and found a mummy guarding an impressive treasure of its own. Court mustered all of their willpower to not loot this treasure pile and they exited the pyramid unscathed. Exiting the lair of the Fomorian, the party made their way along the road when three goats bleated a prophecy at them. The party was intrigued by the cryptic statements made by the goats but none of them considered that such a boon from the goats would require payment in return. Agitated, the goats called for a creature made of stone to come and settle accounts with our heroes about the reciprocity owed.

### Episode 6

The party was making their way to Motherhorn, the fortress of the Hag Endolyn, when they received a prophecy by a group of three goats. While the party pondered the meaning of the prophecy, they forgot about the rule of reciprocity and did not repay the goats. Angered, the goats summoned a Rock Golem to attack the party. The party began combat by doing minimal damage to the golem striking it with arrows and distance attacks. The golem countered by summoning two more of its kind. Courtney managed to charm two of the golems to keep them interested in a shiny piece of gold and keep them from attacking. Meanwhile Morryn summoned two bears to attack the uncharmed golem. The golem plummeted off a nearby cliff smashing one of the goats. The remaining goats retreated into a cave, while Courtney managed to trick the remaining two Golems into chasing their golden coin off the same cliff, blocking the entrance to the goat’s cave completely. After the fight, Prince Alagarthas spent several moments attempting to denounce the fight as cruel and unnecessary, but Morryn and most of the party seemed unmoved by his rhetoric.

The party continued their advance towards Motherhorn, avoiding several side quests refusing to investigate a goblin burial ritual and a mysterious stone throne on a hilltop. However, when the party discovered a little goblin girl flying a kite in a thunderstorm, Dante rushed over to help her causing most of the party to follow suit and render aid. The party discovered that the goblin girl was cursed by Endolyn to always fly this kite to “keep her from growing old.” The more she panicked, the more the weather turned nasty and the more likely the kite would kill her. The party ended up trying to escort the goblin girl across a chasm on a rickety bridge when they encountered a giant cyclops carrying a massive beehive. The cyclops discovered Polynella (a queen bee) and demanded to “get her back.” Courtney cast invisibility on Polynella and conjured an illusionary Polynella as well. The cyclops fell for Courtney’s deception and chased after the illusionary bee as the party crossed over the bridge attempting to put some distance between themselves and the cyclops. Later, Courtney managed to convince the goblin girl to let go of the kite long enough for the rest of the party to destroy it. The goblin girl aged up to adulthood, but the party did not bring this detail to her attention.

As the party made their final approach to Motherhorn, they decided to rest for the evening to recover their strength and see if the curse would lift from Dante as it had for Morryn. Prince Alagarthas pressed the group for a plan against Endolyn. They discussed ways of using Morryn’s moonbeam power to create an eclipse, but no concrete plan materialized around the idea. As the party recuperated, Spring and Morryn discussed the rumor that Endolyn told about Zabilna being the one who took Morryn’s brother. Spring said they had no proof to believe the rumor, but grudgingly admitted the hags do not seem to be liars. Meanwhile, Dante confessed to Nissa that the curse he was suffering from had taken a lot of his confidence in not only his looks but also his combat skills. As Morryn was falling asleep, she noticed a note from Endolyn requesting that they meet up. Morryn failed to sneak out of the camp, so she instead explained that Endolyn knew where they were and she was going to take the opportunity to parlay. Prince Alagarthas promised he would protect Morryn and the two departed to meet with Endolyn. Meanwhile, Courtney fretted over Morryn’s predicament saying that it was a bad idea for the party to split up.

### Episode 7

Morryn received her innocence back from the hag Endolyn in the form of a glass vial containing a potion-like liquid. As eight years of shame and regret hit Morryn she descended into a weeping fit as the party gathered around Morryn to offer comfort. Endolyn expressed that the out poring of emotion and pain from Morryn was delightful—a taunt that caused the party to seethe with rage at the hag. Before the party started throwing hands, Alagarthas secured the location of a portal to take him back to the Material Plane while court traded their ring of fire protection to get their moment of time back from Endolyn. As Dante and Spring kept seething in the presence of Endolyn, Morryn finally retaliated after Endolyn opened a bottle of wine to celebrate Morryn’s pain. The battle that followed was rather brutal and bloody. Nissa and Spring ganged up on Nissa’s stolen animated shadow and dispatched it quickly, while Courtney took on the reassembled Bavlorna single handedly. Morryn concentrated her spells like blight and moonbeam on Endolyn severing several arms off of the hag.

Endolyn transformed into a mammoth attempting to gain the benefit of a higher armor class and the ability to trample her enemies. Endolyn severely damaged Prince Alagarthas in this form, but continued concentrated attacks and spells from the party caused the had to eventually disintegrate. With her departing words, Endolyn promised to return and settle accounts with our heroes. Courtney, meanwhile, was becoming badly injured fighting Bavlorna, and the rest of the party stepped in, pulling Courtney to safety and pushing Bavlorna into the orrery. The move against Bavlorna was a mixed blessing, as it moved the hag out of combat range, but the electrical shocks to Bavlorna’s body ended up restoring most of the damage Courtney had previously inflicted. As the party recovered from the first rounds of the fight, Amidor the Dandy-lion rushed up to the party and announced that over a dozen darklings were headed up the stairs to come to Endolyn’s aid. The party used Morryn’s moonbeam spell to deal massive amounts of damage to the darklings as they cut a bloody swath across the upper floors of the fortress heading to the airship parked outside.

Eventually, the party arrived at the airship piloted by Charm, a darkling that Morryn had made a deal with earlier to retrieve Dante’s smile from Endolyn. Realizing they needed to escape with haste, Courtney offered Charm a bag containing 999 Gold Pieces in exchange for a getaway on her airship. As the party departed the fortress of Motherhorn, Dante received a token from Charm (via Morryn) and regained his ability to smile and emote. Once they were away, Charm unceremoniously shewed the party off of her airship so she could put as much distance between her and Endolyn’s wrath against the party as possible. Alagarthas located the eight spires off in the distance where his portal home was said to reside, and the party agreed to set out for the standing stones after a rest to recover from their injuries. As the party recuperated, both Alagarthas and Dante took turns trying to convince the party that they could return home via the portal with the elf prince. The party instead solidified their intentions to see their quest through to the end and recover Myka or perish in the attempt.

### Episode 8

Our heroes made their way to the Fey Beacons with prince Alagarthas in order to open a portal to send him home to the material plane.  While the party camped along the way, Dante spoke with Nissa and attempted to get her to promise that she would save herself if it looked like the party was in mortal danger. Nissa tried to give Dante the promise in a way that would reassure him but would not be binding if it came to that.  In the morning, Morryn discovered that one of her antlers had broken (a result of her having lost a level).  Morryn suspected that by regaining her innocence from the hag Endolyn, she was also losing her ability to fight and protect others.

As the party assembled to continue their travels, Morryn lamented that with their lost power, she was less certain about her ability to confront Zybilna.  Spring asked for clarification and Morryn informed the party that Zybilna was the original power behind the Witchlight carnival.  Spring attempted to defend Zybilna’s actions in absconding with children via the carnival—a move that almost divided the party. Spring was particularly hurt by Court’s statement that there were no truly good beings in the Feywilds. Since Spring considered themselves wholly on the side of goodness, they began to wonder if their alliance with the party was moving at cross purposes.  Later, in a private moment with Courtney, Spring gave Courtney an ultimatum to give up their black book of shadows as a plea for Courtney to move more towards Spring’s understanding of the good.

Prince Alagarthas also made an impassioned plea to the party that they could return with him to the material plane. Spring still had not finished his quest to restore Zybilna so they declined the prince’s offer, but the rest of the party took some time to consider it. Eventually, the party arrived at the Fey Beacons and discovered that they would need to light 8 braziers atop 8 tall standing stones in order to open the portal.  They also discovered that the braziers were guarded by perytons that would fly about and use their mighty wings to extinguish any brazier the party managed to get lit.

Courtney mind-linked with the perytons and discovered that they were once performers at Endolyn’s playhouse at Motherhorn.  Apparently the hag had cursed them with this avian form and gave them the duty of protecting the Fey Beacons and keeping the portal shut.  Courtney asked the Perytons to perform and they put on a pantomime play.  While the perytons were performing, Morryn and Spring began to light the beacons. As the pantomime play came to a close, the heroes adequately applauded for the perytons who received the praise and dispersed leaving the party alone to open the portal. The party made their decision to continue their trek to the Palace of Heart’s Desire, leaving Alagarthas to travel home alone.

Morryn and Alagarthas exchanged kisses of pledge where Morryn gave Alagarthas her innocence so she could regain her lost levels, while Alagarthas gave Morryn his fear of death to confront the green dragon.  As Alagarthas departed through the portal, Spring also gave Alagarthas his reflection back. As the party steeled themselves for the journey to the Palace, Dante gave his reflection to Spring so that Spring would not have to fight without an echo. In the end they were all wondering if the promises they had made during the day would give them the strength they needed to finish their quest.

## The Adventures of Dove

*The below synopsis are by one of our amazing community members, DrPenguinCorey. Thank you, Penguin!*

**Episode 1:** As our heroes traveled to the land of Thither to pull off a heist for Bavlorna, Dove remained behind as a hostage. Bavlorna immediately put Dove to work cleaning her cottage where Dove discovered many of Bavlorna’s horrific collections—pixies tortured like collected butterflies, mountains of dirty dishes, and a filthy taxidermy shop. After a long day of tidying up, Dove finally bedded down to sleep and placed Nissa’s gift moon amulet on her stuffed owl. She named it Clover because her friends would need all the luck they could get.

**Episode 2:** In the morning, Dove awoke to find Clover transformed into a living breathing owl dressed in a cute green cloak. With Bavlorna calling for her new maidservant, Dove hid Clover as best she could, and Bavlorna sent Dove down to the kitchens to work with Bloody-Toes, a redcap. Dove discovered that Bloody-Toes was prohibited from committing murder by Bavlorna just as Dove was prohibited from lying. To make Bloody-Toes feel better, Dove provided convincing sounds of suffering as Bloody-Toes boiled vegetables and tenderized meat. Afterwards, Bloody-Toes revealed that Bavlorna has a weakness known as “Withershins,” but Dove was unable to get an explanation of what that meant.

**Episode 3:** Later that evening, Dove brought the food she and Bloody-Toes prepared to Bavlorna and her guest. Dove discovered that the auspicious guest was Endelyn, the third member of the Hourglass Coven. Dove managed to spy on the two hags’ conversation and overheard that a lost “horn” was important to the plots of the Hourglass Coven and that if the horn was brought to a right place at the right time, it would be very bad for the three sisters. After the meal, Endelyn offered to scry into Dove’s future in exchange for a favor. She also intimated to Dove that she would not mind if her sister “croaked” at the hands of Dove and her friends. In the end, Dove refused Endelyn’s deal.

**Episode 4:** The next morning, Bavlorna was up bright and early to demand a pedicure from Dove. Dove tried her best, but her weak stomach and the inability to lie resulted in several fits of nausea. After hours of grueling work, Bavlorna vacated her hut for a while, commanding Dove to not rummage through her stuff. Dove quickly disobeyed this order and found Bavlorna’s ledger-note for Bloody-Toe’s debt. Dove used this information to form an alliance with Bloody-Toes who said they would watch for Bavlorna’s return so that Dove could snoop around in Bavlorna’s attic.

**Episode 5:** In Bavlorna’s attic, Dove located several numinous objects such as a broken wishbone that when put back together revealed a curse placed on Bavlorna’s sister Scabatha that causes her to forget the first person she sees every morning rendering them invisible for the day. Eventually two items caught her attention; a large frog statue which Dove refused to touch, and a helm-clad mannequin which attacked Dove when she put the helmet on. After sustaining mild injuries from the mannequin, Dove placed the helm back on the automaton and put everything back in the attic where she found it.

**Episode 6:** Dove awoke the next morning to Bavlorna calling her into the parlor for a chat. Bavlorna disclosed to Dove that she was aware of Dove’s foray into the forbidden attic and as a precaution against Dove’s nosiness had locked the attic door. Bavlorna then revealed that her sister Scabatha had recently sent a letter explaining that Dove’s friends had stolen the painting that Bavlorna wanted for herself. Bavlorna also revealed her intended duplicity with Dove’s friends by deploying harengons and bully wogs to keep them from returning to Bavlorna’s hut before the eight-day timelimit expired. Bavlorna further stacked the deck in her favor by questioning Dove about her friend’s true names and known weaknesses. Dove still held out hope for her friend’s success noting that Bavlorna underestimated them once and that it might prove to be her undoing.

**Episode 7:** That night after Bavlorna retired to bed, Dove went to sleep to achieve a meditative state and hopefully deliver a dream message to Court. The darkness that is Court’s warlock patron intercepted Dove’s dream search and attacked her viciously swearing to rip her soul apart. Even with Dove’s successful persuasion attempts, the darkness was hell bent of destroying Dove and not delivering her message to Court. Dove eventually woke up from the meditative state and realized that she would need to send a warning to her friends via a different route. Her solution was to write a note explaining Bavlorna’s trickery and she sent the note with Clover. Clover and Dove shared a sad and frightful goodbye before Clover hopped out into the night looking for Dove’s friends.

**Episode 8:** The following evening, Bavlorna hosted a small party with her mini-doppelgangers to prematurely celebrate thwarting Dove’s friends on their timely return. Dove kicked her escape plan into high gear by pickpocketing the attic key from Bavlorna. Bloody-Toes then ran a distraction by bringing out a huge cake while Dove slipped back into the attic. Going immediately for the metal frog filled with blackness, Dove reached in and retrieved three artifacts, calling the names of Nissa, Bloody-Toes, and Dove. These artifacts apparently held the things Bavlorna took from her victims because when Dove destroyed the artifact attached to her name, she was instantly made whole and able to lie again. Bavlorna did not give Dove a chance to celebrate—finding Dove in the attic again, she immediately launched an attack attempting to devour Dove. With one quick bite Dove was consumed, but she managed to throw the objects related to Bloody-Toes and Nissa out the attic window before she was consumed. Will Dove’s friends arrive in time to save her, or is it already too late?

## Helpful Info

New episodes of Cirque so Fey premiere every Monday, 6:30pm Pacific / 9:30pm Eastern on twitch.tv/magirpg.

Cirque so Fey's Campaign Intro song was written & performed by our very own Usulbard, and can be found here.

###### Where to watch past episodes:

* Twitch
* YouTube

**The Adventures of Dove** is a short one-off adventure starring DM GloriousGe0rge and Momobee.

* Episode 1
* Episode 2
* Episode 3
* Episode 4
* Episode 5
* Episode 6
* Episode 7
* Episode 8