Chapter 2: Do-si-do with Dame Fortune

The night's ordeals wrap up in the very early hours of the morning and you get whatever sleep you can scavenge up. You set off as the snows from the day before seem to have calmed. It is slower than the previous burst of travel, but still a good clip. Day after day passes until early in the morning, three days later, you see the town of Willowfall rise up on the horizon. It takes the better part of an hour, but you roll into town just as the sky starts to darken and fresh snow starts to fall from the steel-gray clouds above.

Your group parts ways with the carriage group shortly after entering the town. With a small salute, they depart, headed further south. You make your way through the town to the hut that old man Fecksmith had occupied the last time you were here. As you approach, you note that the house appears dark and far quieter than last time. Assuming you knock on the door, it creaks open slightly and you see Fecksmith's haggard face appear in the sliver of space.

Beasts and trees grow rampant as you please .What do and how do, come in come in for tea and biscuits, ballyhoo and tally ho! he mutters, waving you in.

The doddering old man that some of you recognize backs away from the door as you follow him into the small house. When the door closes behind the last of you, he wheels and a bright smile crosses his face.

You're back! Though you seem to be lighter in crew than you once were. he says, the voice an entirely different one from the lilting gibberish voice he had been using just a moment ago. Did you find anything useful in the mountains?

Fecksmith reaches out reverently and takes the stick from Baraq, if the avian adventurer will give it up.

Ah, so it is the Seasonal Scepter. Rumors had swirled maddeningly around its existence for years. Those that have the willpower to bend the scepter to their control were said to have the ability to control weather and time itself, though it cost their lives in the end.

Oh yes, this is definitely the treasure you were meant to find. You did good birdman, for sure. What do you mean, what does it mean? Which part was confusing?