Koris: Insect
Drome: A road, a course, a racing theater
The Circus is the reflection of the first city. The center of the circus is the carousel, a mockery of the city’s aureum and the tree. The center of the carousel is a twisted metal pole, plastered, resembling some denuded autumn tree.
Mr. Ray Mundy (Raymond E., Ramón Dee) doesn’t need to buy souls: everyone wants to give them away. Pride (“I’m the best that ever was”) is his hook, as is insecurity—often two sides of the same coin. The Autumnal Swarm pupate inside sentient beings. As they pupate, they can make the lame walk, the weak strong, the old young, and everyone beautiful and above average. They will offer potential hosts this trade: for all their narcissistic wishes come true they need only host a young and beautiful pupa. They, indeed, are pupa themselves, waiting to burst out of their shells and be loved.
- Inspiration
- 1. Ray Bradbury: Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Next in Line
- Finding the circus
- You’ll need to set this adventure up ahead of time; fliers, legends of a dark carnival, and when it leaves, people disappear. But the people who disappear are people no one really cares about: the old, the lame, the sick, and the nervous. The circus can show up anywhere. Good places for it are across the lakes at Prata Phoenix, outside of a village on the road (such as Occasus), or a few miles from the temple of Preaching at the Gates of Hell.
- Entering the circus
- “Forget your troubles, lay down your burdens, and enter a world of wonder.”
- About the Circus
- About the Circus in The Coriandrome Circus
- The Coriandrome Circus: The Midway
- The midway is set amidst a dusty field. Rickety wooden fences surround it, and a ramshackle collection of tents and wagons lie at the back.
- The Mystical Maze
- “Dare you enter the maze of curious mysticism!” The halls beyond the mummies, mirrors, and flames may only be entered through the maze. If anyone attempts to enter the maze from the top or the bottom, or by walking through walls, they will see dusty, moth-eaten mummies, and funhouse mirrors.
