All published quests

A marching band camp practices at dawn, but every note played after midnight summons the previous year's deceased drumline to join in. Parents love the fullness of sound; the living musicians lose fin…

Afternoon storms arrive on schedule, but the thunder never leaves—it's bottled in a hermit's cellar and sold as bottled applause for playwrights. Crops wilt without noise; lovers cannot propose. Raid…

A tomato festival turns into a tribunal when heirloom varieties testify against hybrid farmers in open court—seeds as evidence, sauce as sentence. The jury is hungry. Defend tradition or innovation, e…

Locals hold a farewell bonfire on the last public beach night, but the flames burn blue and replay everyone's summer regrets for the crowd. Revelers confess; marriages end; friendships reforge. Put ou…

Stationers' back-to-school displays summon creatures when lists are read aloud—ink elementals, ruler serpents, eraser slimes. Parents riot for refunds; teachers arm themselves with compasses. Close th…

A corn maze opens before the stalks are planted, its paths already worn by footprints that are not yet made. The architect sells maps that update in real time and buys memories of shortcuts. Rescue to…

A heat haze on the old bridge shows people their futures walking past them in the opposite direction—some futures wave, some draw weapons. Pilgrims clog the crossing; bandits charge tolls for glimpses…

Preserving season turns litigious: families seal accusations in mason jars—pickled slander, jammed indictments, brined alibis. The judge only rules on what can be spooned. Defend a client before they…

The wizarding academy's autumn term begins a month early when its doors appear on every street corner, enrolling passersby by touch. Dropouts become homework; graduates become chalk. Find who moved th…

A rival gardener's pumpkin swells overnight to the size of a cottage, winning the state fair before judging even opens. Inside, seeds rattle like dice and a voice offers wishes at ruinous interest. In…

Shooting stars land as petitioners on the mayor's lawn—each meteor is a minor noble requesting audience, lodging, and a horse. The sky keeps delivering until the guest list exceeds the town. Escort th…

On Lammas morning, every bakery in town produces identical golden loaves stamped with a wheat sheaf that whispers rent demands. Farmers who eat them dream of fields they do not own. Trace the grain sp…

On the last day of July, snow falls on the harvest fair and ice forms on lemonade stalls. A fey accountant insists summer's books were overdrawn and winter is collecting interest. Find the misfiled se…

Children build a hay bale fortress so convincing that knights mistake it for a rebel stronghold and begin a siege with real catapults. The kids want surrender terms that include dessert; the commander…

A wandering saint anoints pilgrims with suncream that burns the sinful and soothes the virtuous—tan lines spell out confessions. Crowds flock; the church sends inquisitors. Test the formula, expose a…

Around a popular camping ground, stories told at firelight become real at dawn—the lake monster, the lost child, the axe murderer. Rangers want fires banned; storytellers want freedom. Hunt the spirit…

Monarch butterflies arrive a month early, clustering on the debtor's prison as if the building owes them a kingdom. Inmates who touch wings forget their crimes; guards forget the keys. Escort the swar…

Farmers collect heat lightning in glass jars to fertilize fields, but this season the jars hatch small storms that nest in barns. Livestock float; wheat points at the sky. Help harvest safely, destroy…

The annual river tub regatta turns deadly when someone threads razor wire across a bend and fills barrels with angry eels. Sponsors bet on casualties; the mayor bets on tourism. Patrol the course, unm…

A peddler sells patches of portable shade—foldable darkness you can carry in a hatbox. Nobles buy exclusivity; peasants riot for ten minutes of cool. Discover where the shade is stitched from, stop a…

Seven apple trees in one orchard each bear fruit with a human face, whispering advice to anyone who bites. Farmers grow rich on prophecy; one face warns of blight the others deny. Silence the trees, t…

A lich arrives at the resort wearing floral robes and demanding a room with a view of the cemetery. They tip well, raise no undead, and sunburn despite bonelessness. Hunters want them destroyed; inn s…

An elderly couple's porch swing rocks itself at twilight, depositing sitters on other porches miles away—with no way back until someone else takes their seat. Missing persons pile up on strangers' sto…

During the hottest weeks, village dogs vanish at noon and return at dusk as a coordinated wolfpack that hunts only tax collectors. Citizens cheer; the treasury panics. Track the transformation to its…

Two nations meet on a public beach to sign peace, but diplomats keep building rival sandcastles instead of documents—each fortress becomes real at high tide and manned by crab soldiers. Mediate before…

Cloud shepherds go on strike, leaving sheep-shaped clouds unmoving for days while the land below bakes. The guild demands better lightning rods and shorter thunder shifts. Escort a scab cloud across h…

A wellness cult sells blessed water that quenches thirst forever but makes drinkers hear the ocean at all hours. Converts stand in fountains preaching moisture. Raid the bottling shrine, dilute the cu…

The county fair opens with blue ribbons that cannot be removed—winners wear them fused to skin like medals of shame. Losers sabotage rides; clowns weep through greasepaint. Find the curse in the judgi…

Fishermen haul up a sunfish that glows like a small moon, and every night it rises from the hold to float over the village. Crops ripen too fast; insomniacs confess crimes to it. Return the fish to th…

A stone tower called the Bastille holds a single prisoner: a queen bee in a glass case. Apiarists riot for her release; the warden insists she orchestrated a honey embargo. Infiltrate the tower, negot…

Annual sailcloth skiff races begin when the tide is highest, and this year someone has sewn storm wards into the leading team's sheets—winds obey their flag, rivals capsize. Sabotage the cheats, win f…

The new lake lifeguard revives drowning victims with a whistle and a whisper, but each rescue returns someone slightly wrong—wrong memories, wrong accent, wrong shadow. Parents love the survival rate;…

Lightning strikes the same ridge every afternoon at four, and a storm spirit offers deals: one bolt for a year of luck, two for a voice that commands rain. Shepherds have already paid; the ridge is ch…

Strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry militias have declared war across three counties, staining fields and uniforms alike. Each side accuses the others of poisoning pies at the governor's picnic. Brok…

A traveling carnival sets up on dry land at dusk, but by morning the tents are underwater and the rides still turn beneath the lake. Ticket holders want refunds; fish want prizes. Dive the midway, bar…

The magistrate holds court outdoors because the courthouse has melted into wax, and every verdict must be shouted over the buzz of cicadas. Defendants faint; jurors pool their sweat to sign documents.…

A sunflower maze appears overnight on a dead farmer's land, and every visitor who reaches the center inherits a memory that is not their own. Heirs sue for fraud; the maze grows toward the courthouse.…

Swarms of mosquitoes leave bite marks shaped like royal crests, and an exiled prince claims they are signing succession papers in skin. Physicians blame marsh gas; witch hunters blame vampires. Captur…

The only ice vendor in a heat-struck town sells blocks that never melt but grow heavier each night, as if freezing the buyer's debts into the water. Customers trade memories for cubes; the vendor's ca…

On the anniversary of the city's founding, anyone who rings the old bronze bell must speak an oath the whole square can hear—and the bell makes it binding. This year pranksters ring it at dawn; nobles…