Pickle is questing! Episode 1/25

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

Pickle is questing! Episode 2/25

The spectres introduce Pickle 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. Pickle and the spectres are only too happy to assist Zilant, even though none of them has particularly good eye sight...

Pickle 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." Pickle 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.

Pickle 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 Pickle and Äbädä take a closer look, Zilant begins collecting up little crystals, wondering why there are so many of them?

Pickle 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.

Pickle is questing! Episode 6/25

After a quick consultation, Pickle 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.

Pickle 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?

Pickle 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!

Pickle 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!

Pickle is questing! Episode 10/25

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

Pickle 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, Pickle lumbers onwards, determine to solve the mystery of the source of this incessant wailing!

Pickle is questing! Episode 12/25

Pickle 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 Pickle and the team can solve and silence this particular mystery!

Pickle 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!

Pickle is questing! Episode 14/25

Pickle 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!

Pickle is questing! Episode 15/25

Pickle 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!

Pickle is questing! Episode 16/25

As Pickle 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!

Pickle 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!

Pickle 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. Pickle fears the wailing might be coming from the skulls themselves, but the spectres quickly reassure him that it is coming from further along...

Pickle is questing! Episode 19/25

Pickle and the team are disturbed to discover that most of the residents have also abandoned Halloween Town, simply to escape the noise. Pickle 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!

Pickle is questing! Episode 20/25

Pickle 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 Pickle, Äbädä or Zilant what information the frog princes have shared, Pickle does sense the spectres are quietly optimistic, which is pretty amazing in this place where nothing else is even remotely quiet!

Pickle is questing! Episode 21/25

The spectres look on with innocent expressions when Pickle, 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 Pickle, Äbädä and Zilant that they will need to drag the giant crystal along with them to solve the mystery of the wailing!

Pickle 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, Pickle takes the opportunity to polish all of their crystals instead, while Äbädä and the spectres patiently watch on!

Pickle is questing! Episode 23/25

Pickle 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 Pickle silently pondered how he could go about taking this beautiful waterfall home with him?

Pickle is questing! Episode 24/25

Pickle 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 Pickle 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, Pickle produces the large crystal the team found upstream, and presents it to Susulu!

Pickle is questing! Episode 25/25

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

So Pickle pockets his GM and prizes and heads home to
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