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The Lights That Turned East

The Lights That Turned East
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The Lights That Turned East

Lvl Unrestricted; use low-threat environmental hazards and optional creature encounters appropriate to the party.Any; adjust the optional encounter and environmental hazards to suit the group.1-2 sessions, approximately 4-6 hours· Medium

“A vanished migration, a changing fen, and a valley learning that a safe route matters more than an old one.”

— Hook · Investigation

Investigation
D&D 5E
Medium
Lvl Unrestricted; use low-threat environmental hazards and optional creature encounters appropriate to the party.
Any; adjust the optional encounter and environmental hazards to suit the group.
1-2 sessions, approximately 4-6 hours
4 NPCs
2 encounters
The Opening

“The valley's orchards are in full bloom, but not a single moonlace drifter has arrived to pollinate them. The cooperative will pay for an answer, while the fen wardens warn that the old migration route is changing for a reason. At sunset, a child points toward the wetlands, where a scattered chain of pale lights turns away from the valley.”

— Hook · Investigation

Set the Scene

At the cooperative's orchard hall, Mara Venn shows the party a row of unvisited blossoms and offers a modest advance for an explanation before the bloom passes. Orris Fenward argues that the fen's water is lower than it should be, while Hollis Brant insists the orchard ditch was a harmless improvement. Tavi Reed says the drifters' lights were seen turning east three nights ago. The party can begin with any witness or head directly to the old roostway.

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Mara Venn

Mara Venn approaches the party at the orchard hall after hearing they can handle unusual local problems. She offers an advance and access to the cooperative's workers and records, but asks that any proposed remedy account for the fen.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d4 · table
  1. 01
    The drifters only visit trees that have been kissed by the evening fog. The old roostway has been dry for weeks.
  2. 02
    The little lights are not fireflies. Tavi says they change pattern when someone hums the same tune twice.
  3. 03
    The orchard ditch made the fen drain faster, though the cooperative claims the water level has not changed.
  4. 04
    Something in the east basin has made the drifters brighter and louder than usual after sunset.
Stakes

The orchard blossoms will fade within days. If the drifters do not find suitable feeding and roosting conditions, the cooperative will lose much of its crop. If people respond by draining or clearing the fen indiscriminately, the migration may fail in future years as well.

Ticking Clock·The orchard bloom lasts about one week. Each day spent without a workable plan reduces the likely harvest and gives the eastern basin less time to establish as a stable route.

Background Lore

Every spring, the moonlace drifters cross the Brindlefen to visit the flowering orchards of the Vale. These palm-sized, mothlike creatures drink nectar and carry luminous pollen between trees. Their route follows a chain of damp roosting trees and night-blooming flowers. The drifters are intelligent enough to recognize familiar people and answer simple questions through coordinated changes in wing-light, but they do not speak a local language.

What the World Knows

The Brindlefen's moonlace drifters have failed to arrive for their annual pollination of the Vale's orchards. The orchard cooperative needs help before the blossoms fade, while fen wardens ask that the wetlands and the creatures be treated carefully. Follow the signs, learn what the migration needs, and help the valley find a response that can last beyond this season.

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