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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UnlimitedPowers" data-source="post: 6771520" data-attributes="member: 6788660">Good point, I can think of a couple scenarios and I guess it depends on how much time you're looking to spend on it.a) It could be that the tree ceremony has yet to be performed because they're missing crucial materials (a surprise early winter storm blew through and they were raided by the fey or something, and they stole... uh, the enchanted tree topper?), so your heroes have to brave fey territory ground zero in order to retrieve the items. This ends up being pretty straightforward and fits your 'assault on the Prince of Frost' idea.b) The ceremony was performed, but the tree was somehow sabotaged or burned down by a mortal agent of the fey. This would be cooler for a slow-burn adventure or campaign, where there's glimpses of lurking figures in the snow beyond and a sense of isolation-- like 30 Days of Night but with fey instead of vampires.c) The ceremony was performed, but the fey for some reason don't care. Maybe it's not a magical ward, just a truce/agreement. They're offended and engraged by the gifts offered to them, or the Prince of Frost has decided he's no longer interested in whatever agreement was struck. Or it is magical, but they need to retrieve something/someone in town so badly that they power through whatever magical ward effects exist and siege the place.</blockquote>