Tales from the White Box, Session 5

In which the party...

• Travels north along Cidery Road with Wexley into Cider country of the Dolmenwood Tithelands.
• Arrives at the Tithelands Cidery, which numerous rotting apples being burned by the cider workers. 
• Learns that the apples having been causing nightmares, or sweet dreams with death. Offer 1000g to investigate - the party leaps on the offer.
• Notice the pigs getting riled up by evening, and plan to stake out the camp at night.
• Discover two ladies in waiting to the Lady of Spring Unending - Demozel Hazel and Demozel Olive - have taken residence there.
• Lady Hazel holds court for the pigs, wearing their teeth to ease them in, and talks of revolts against the Church and nobility by the peasantry in the cities. 
• Thumb introduces himself  humbly, and Hazel is curious and lets him know she has placed Nightmares - but is shocked to hear that people have died. She offers to show them to Olive who may know more.
• Thumb meets Olive, a human enthusiast (with human teeth necklace) who immediately peppers the duo with questions on anatomy.
• Learns from Olive that she has been removing the Nightmares and placing poisons "because they are so popular with you lot, right?" - which has been causing the deaths.
• Olive is shocked to learn poisons ARE NOT popular, and promises to stop and keep removing Nightmares where she can.
• Both Olive and Hazel refuse the leave the Tithelands, and Hazel refuses to stop placing Nightmares as it is great fun. However, Olive secretly slips a spellbook for Detect Magic to Wexley that can help identify all the apples in a bunch which are nightmares.
• Saying goodbye courteously to the elven sisters, the duo meet up with the cider masters and explain the situation - and propose a system where, since the apples are no longer to be poisoned, that they can use the detect magic spellbook on bushels of apples to remove the Nightmare ones, and have Olive help out with removal at nights in exchange for "human lessons".
• The cider masters are intrigued, and allow themselves to be introduced to Olive the next night - and a plan is in place, as apple cider production, much to the relief of the cider workers, seems back in full swing despite their nocturnal elven intruders.
• Having solved the cider crisis, the cider workers give the party the promised 1000g.
• Thumb and Wexley start heading north once more, as a weathered sign points them in the direction of the King's Road to the north.

Current level: Thumb 2, Wexley 1