The joy of the post court festivities of this week were prevented by the sudden death of the Baron, struck dead by some mysterious force. Reeve Brendan has taken over the reigns of leadership to help ensure some degree of peace and order. And to mortal eyes, little is known other than the eccentric owner of the resort has passed on.

But amongst the fae, there is chaos. Rumors fly fast and furious about the Baron, his life and his death, and about the influx of newcomers and whether any of them might be responsible for the Baron's death. The investigation remains quiet for now, but the gossip proclaims that the Reeve has gone so far as to recruit the newcomers as the primary investigators!

And while chaos rules the freehold, in the forest, the horns blare and trumpets play as armies gather at the river's edge.