Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 1/25

Feeling a draft of cool air, Fresco de la Reye sits up and rubs his eyes, trying to work out where he is? Fresco de la Reye also wonders who the 3 spectres are, and what their business with him could possibly be?

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 2/25

The spectres introduce Fresco de la Reye to their dragon friend, Zilant, who has very sensitive hearing. Zilant is disturbed by a strange wailing sound drifting on the wind, and is looking for assistance to discover where the sound is coming from. Fresco de la Reye and the spectres are only too happy to assist Zilant, even though none of them has particularly good eye sight...

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 3/25

Happy to be of further service, the spectres turn their robes inside out and then recruit Äbädä the Owl to be the team's "eyes in the sky." Fresco de la Reye and Zilant raise their eyebrows at such strange behaviour, but shrug it off when the team finally sets off in pursuit of the wailing sound.

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 4/25

As the team nears the river, the wailing sound becomes clearer, as if it is being conducted by the water. While Fresco de la Reye and Äbädä take a closer look, Zilant begins collecting up little crystals, wondering why there are so many of them?

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 5/25

As the team nears Äbädä's cottage in the forest, the number of crystals increases significantly, and the spectres realise that the sound is also bouncing off the crystals, which is distorting where it is coming from.

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 6/25

After a quick consultation, Fresco de la Reye and the team members realise that they are going to need to collect as many crystals as they possibly can along the way, if they are to have any hope of working out which direction the wailing is coming from.

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 7/25

Zilant is almost certain the wailing is travelling downstream along the river, but who is he to argue with the spectres, especially about collecting crystals, which just so happens to be one of his most favourite past times ever?

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 8/25

When the team meets a quokka, who has been visiting her otter cousins upstream, Äbädä takes a rest on the quokka's raft, because he's not used to flying long distances in daylight, and he thinks he might be becoming boggle-eyed with the exertion!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 9/25

The wailing rips through a nearby ghost town like a hurricane, uprooting trees and driving most of the residents underground, which is really rather apt when you think about it!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 10/25

The cacophony increases in volume as Fresco de la Reye and the team pursue the wailing along Ghostenhagen Ravine! "Good grief," grumbles Fresco de la Reye, "There's enough noise bouncing off those ravine walls to wake the dead!" Which is precisely what has occurred!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 11/25

The wailing flows along the river into the haunted forest, where the sound bounces from tree to tree, tangling in the branches and waking all of the little bats. While Zilant stops to admire his reflection in the water, Fresco de la Reye lumbers onwards, determine to solve the mystery of the source of this incessant wailing!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 12/25

Fresco de la Reye and the team stop to ask the Aye-Ayes whether they have any idea who is making the wailing noise? The Aye-Ayes have no idea, but it has been driving them batty for days, so they really hope Fresco de la Reye and the team can solve and silence this particular mystery!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 13/25

Obviously Zilant isn't the only dragon in the forest who is being disturbed by the mournful wailing floating through the air! When the team encounters Erbüke near his castle, he flies on down to find out whether or not the spectres are responsible for the haunting noise!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 14/25

Fresco de la Reye and the team are distressed to find the faerie spirit Irshi shedding tears of empathy, in response to the haunting wail, which is disturbing all of fae kind in PnF Land!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 15/25

Fresco de la Reye and the team call a greeting to Herbert, only to discover that Herbert has abandoned his favourite hobby, fishing, because the haunting wail has frightened all of the gingerbread fish out of the river! This really won't do at all!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 16/25

As Fresco de la Reye and the team greet Esmeralda, they learn that none of the cows on Esmeralda's farm have any milk left for their poddy calves, because it has all dried up in fright, thanks to the dreadful wailing flowing down the river!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 17/25

Any hopes the team has for the wailing to cease are quickly shattered as the team begins to approach the mouth of the river, where the volume of the wailing is even stronger, as it bounces off the rocks!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 18/25

As the river broadens and deepens, the spectres fly down for a closer look under the surface, where a pile of skulls marks an ancient pet burial ground. Fresco de la Reye fears the wailing might be coming from the skulls themselves, but the spectres quickly reassure him that it is coming from further along...

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 19/25

Fresco de la Reye and the team are disturbed to discover that most of the residents have also abandoned Halloween Town, simply to escape the noise. Fresco de la Reye fervently hopes that the Halloween Town householders will all return before All Hallows Eve, so trick 'n' treating isn't spoilt for him this year!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 20/25

Fresco de la Reye and the team enter the mouth of the river, where the spectres stop to converse with a group of frog princes. Although the spectres won't tell Fresco de la Reye, Äbädä or Zilant what information the frog princes have shared, Fresco de la Reye does sense the spectres are quietly optimistic, which is pretty amazing in this place where nothing else is even remotely quiet!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 21/25

The spectres look on with innocent expressions when Fresco de la Reye, Äbädä and Zilant discover a giant crystal! At this point, the reason for recruiting such a large team for the Quest becomes apparent, when the spectres tell Fresco de la Reye, Äbädä and Zilant that they will need to drag the giant crystal along with them to solve the mystery of the wailing!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 22/25

The river comes to an abrupt end at a cliff top, and forms into a beautiful pool, where Zilant takes the opportunity to have his weekly bath, before plummeting over the cliff to pursue the source of that haunting wail below. Rejecting the notion of bathing, Fresco de la Reye takes the opportunity to polish all of their crystals instead, while Äbädä and the spectres patiently watch on!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 23/25

Fresco de la Reye and the team flow downriver with the falling water, which cascades into a rock pool below. In fact, Zilant enjoyed sliding down the waterfall so much, he repeated the manoeuvre several times, while Fresco de la Reye silently pondered how he could go about taking this beautiful waterfall home with him?

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 24/25

Fresco de la Reye almost has a heart attack when the cacophony increases in volume, and Susulu the Mermaid pops up out of the water directly in front of him! Quick as a flash, Zilant moves a safe (and quieter) distance away from Susulu. But sticking his fingers in his ears, the intrepid Fresco de la Reye asks Susulu to explain why she is making so much noise?

With a hiccup, Susulu abruptly stops wailing, and explains that she has lost the large crystal her father, the Sea King, gave her for her birthday, and she is afraid that her father will be disappointed in her.

So without any further ado, Fresco de la Reye produces the large crystal the team found upstream, and presents it to Susulu!

Fresco de la Reye is questing! Episode 25/25

Susulu is so grateful to get her birthday present back she offers Fresco de la Reye a reward of 20GM, which Fresco de la Reye gladly accepts, as everything is so expensive in PnF Land these days!

So Fresco de la Reye pockets his GM and prizes and heads home to
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