The Transposition Event was the Tinkers Guild’s experiment with the Instrument Panel that swapped ~1500 humans from Lyric with wilderness, creating the central crisis of the early campaign.
The Event
Location: Lyric / Town of Diamonds
What Happened:
- Tinkers Guild activated Instrument Panel
- Planar rip created between Material Plane and Feywild
- ~1500 humans from Lyric transported to Feywild
- Wilderness/jungle transported to replace parts of Lyric
- Transposition was literal - chunks of Lyric appeared in patches in Town of Diamonds
Mechanics
The Instrument:
- Instrument Panel with lyre, drums, pan flutes
- Combined with gems, lenses, mechanical contraptions
- Musical resonance created planar tear
- Similar principle to Knife of Transposition
Time Differential Discovered:
- Feywild time moves 2x faster than Material Plane
- Objects briefly speed up passing through planar weakening
- Voices lower pitched, movement slowed when viewing across planes
Planar Rip:
- Weakening of planes at Tinkers Guild location
- Objects speed up passing through
- Scuff marks showed movement both directions
- Occultist shop had access to it
Timeline and Effects
Before:
- Feywild Riots occurred 2 full moons earlier
- Red caps rose to power
- Unrest building in Feywild
- Material Plane Riots broke out in Lyric
- Party rescued Drummer Boy and orphans from burning orphanage
- Party escaped Lyric during riots
At Transposition (morning after riots):
- The Synth triggered transposition when riot mobs threatened their research
- Ace of Spades disappeared with chord
- Commoners quoted “For What It’s Worth”
- Party and commoners witnessed from outside city: earth moved, buildings collapsed, vines shot out
- ~1500 humans appeared in Feywild
- Parts of Lyric appeared in Town of Diamonds
- Jungle/wilderness replaced sections of Lyric
Aftermath:
- Humans corralled by military in Town of Diamonds
- Forced into labor
- Queen of Hearts as acting emissary
- Lyric overrun by jungle
- Party worked to return humans
Resolution
- Party used Knife of Transposition to return humans
- Created multiple portals using soul gems
- Four portal tears transported all ~1500 humans
- Easier to maintain reused portals than create new ones
- People warned to leave valuables behind
- All humans successfully returned
Connections
- Instrument Panel (caused transposition)
- Knife of Transposition (solved it)
- Pan Flute from Viscount Bridgerton (one of the instruments)
Involved Parties:
- Tinkers Guild - created instrument panel
- Viscount Bridgerton - had pan flute
- Maurice - provided Knife of Transposition for solution
- Queen of Hearts - helped return humans