Chapter 4: Trip the Light Fantastic

You have been traveling through the borderlands, in search of more adventure to be had, more good deeds to be done. But suddenly, therer's a ripple in the air, and everything changes. The normal trees of the forest have been replaced by enormous redwoods growing all around. They have birch bark, and here and there, faces appear, looking sternly at you before vanishing once again. Glowing motes drift in the air, shedding dim light. Sounds of birds, squirrels, distant muted conversation, and breeze-stirred leaves fill the air.

Looking behind you, you see no sign of the path on which you had been treading. Tzal is the first to realize what has happened. You've stumbled through a thin place in the world and have stepped into the faerie realm! And getting back out again will likely be much more complicated...

You proceed along the path for several minutes. Eventually, you see a large rock set on the side of the path. A short humanoid faerie sits on the rock, weaving a shirt from spider silk. The faerie has long clumps of bright hair that stick out from the sides of his head, a large bulbous nose, and no chin to speak of. He wears a red robe trimmed in yellow.

"Ah! Greetings, mortals and automaton. It seems you've stumbled into our little realm here," he says cheerily. "My name's Myxlix, and this here is the Sky Pillars, named for the tall trees that hold up the heavens."