With the levels of magic dropped by the spell the Fae had just cast, one guy at the back of the room comes to his senses, with a yawn and a stretch he gets up and decides to go home. He opens the tavern door and just stands there confused. The village is no longer there, in fact he all he can see is desert sands as far as he can see. Before he can come to terms with what he is seeing, the Fae notices him.

  —---

  Sitting there still bound as the guards entered the room,

  Multiple plans being made and discarded to avoid their doom,

  Instead of fighting they just showed their bound wrists,

  Looking meek and subservient, no one resists,

  Every guard surveys the scene and looks shocked,

  Soon every door and window is blocked,

  Showing how much trouble they were likely in

  Every guards face declared they’d committed a sin,

  After a while the Captain arrived to begin an interrogation,

  Researching for a way for the some problem mitigation,

  Calling them everything from being a patsy to coconspirator,

  Hungry to become the true Villains obliterator,

  Lasting many more hours than it clearly should,

  Every minor detail remembered and shared that they could,

  Answered all his questions, again and again,

  Variation all gone by the time the clock struck ten,

  Eventually the Captain decided this was above his pay grade,

  Sending a message to the Mayor as a yawn did fade,

  The night faded and the morning Sun rose,

  Revealing the answer to the Captains prose,

  Arriving in a carriage that looked quite plain,

  Visiting without guards that many rulers would find insane,

  Elegantly out of the carriage the Mayor walked,

  Looking like a storm incarnate as they both talked,

  Revealing all the details once more,

  Everything, including beyond the demons door,

  The Mayor ordered their release,

  Even as his brow did severely crease,

  Looking for a way to freeze hellfire,

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  Left their prospects looking quite dire,

  After the conversation they returned to the town,

  Deciding to look for a way to remove the Mayors frown,

  Visiting the library and every alchemist they could find,

  Investigating hellfires knowledge held within every mind,

  Cataloguing every way that was recorded and known

  Eventually only one method had the ingredients nearby grown,

  Slivers of Icebloom petals suspended in acidic solution,

  The only way to reach their intended resolution,

  Only problem was that no one had collected the petals in an age,

  Collectors not being able to survive the Demons rage,

  Keeping to the shortest time scale the trio decided,

  Searching the place where the important plants resided,

  Demons chose this moment to begin an attack,

  Everyone heard when the gatehouse went crack,

  Fear was rampant but so was true hope,

  Everyone held that the Demons would be told nope,

  No one with access to a weapon held back,

  Dauntless groups searched for Demons to thwack,

  Fighting lasted all day as the horde seemed without end,

  Injuries not lasting as healers looked for someone to attend,

  Gallant were the actions of many, this tiring day,

  Having the might to stop the Demons from having their way,

  Though many died and many more were covered in blood,

  Soon not a single Demon remained within the town's mud.

  Relaxing at the sound of the all clear bell,

  Evening saw the streets a bloody hell,

  Covered in bodies of friend and foe,

  Orderly destruction of the bodies would be slow,

  Visiting their beds for a rest for the night,

  Reviving their strength for tomorrows plight.

  —--

  Reaching deep down with his soul,

  Examining every desire and intended goal,

  Making a list of every pro and con,

  All the battles that he had won,

  Inscribed the future that he did desire,

  Noting what things that stoked his fire.