<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Calibri;">The Swallowtail Festival commemorating the newly finished cathedral in Sandpoint had been clamoring since morning, and it had lost none of its momentum into the sunny afternoon. The cathedral’s arches give majestic watch over the bustling festival square below, banners dedicated to the gods honored within waving excitedly in the autumn breeze. </span></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Calibri;">Four adventurers would find themselves in the midst of the festival, all senses under attack by the revels. Eyes were distracted by the flurrying whirl of streamers and the still fluttering clouds of butterflies that had been released earlier that day, ears were filled with the laughter and songs both amateur and professional, and noses were tantalized by several dozen varieties of food being busily cooked to keep up with the crowd's appetite. </span></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Calibri;">Many tents and stands have been set up throughout the plaza, with merchants hawking special wares for the occasion, and food vendors eagerly providing sample. A makeshift bar has been set up to one side for people to sample the local selection of drinks, though they are holding off giving people access to heavy drinking opportunities until the evening. Lone grifters also scuttle along the edges of the festival, seeking out tourists to con with religious icons purported to be blessed with the temple's consecration.</span></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Calibri;">With all the light-hearted emotions overflowing throughout Sandpoint, no one of the suspected that a shadowy threat was insinuating itself into the darkened corners of the town...</span></span><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>