City of Hearts is the fae city in the Feywild ruled by Queen of Hearts, site of the ball massacre and party’s base during Feywild arc.
Description
- Major fae city in Feywild
- Queen of Hearts’ seat of power
- Has mansion with library
- Contains seedy pub called The Roly Poly Little Bat Faced Girl
- Subject to red cap violence during riots
Key Locations
- Queen’s mansion (with library that was destroyed)
- The Roly Poly Little Bat Faced Girl pub
- Ball venue (where 8 of Spades and Vadu were killed)
- Servant quarters
Chronology
Background
- Feywild Riots occurred two full moons before Material Plane Riots
- Red caps organized and became dominant political force
- Coincident with Material Riots, Ace of Spades disappeared with chord of power
- Lyric Transposition Event occurred (corresponding to Material Plane riots)
Party Base
- Party operated from City of Hearts
- Investigated occultist shop with Planar Rip
- Princess of Diamonds (Green Hag) claimed Queen seized control
- Party ultimately worked with Queen
The Ball
- Queen hosted ball with “LIVE AND LET LIVE” theme
- Prince of Darkness accompanied Queen (she was influenced)
- 8 of Spades gave toast, was decapitated by red cap
- Queen brought Vadu to ball
- Red caps massacred attendees
- Vadu killed
- Queen fell unconscious
- Prince of Darkness killed
- Party fought red caps and reflections
Recovery
- Party investigated Prince of Darkness body (exploded in sunlight)
- Queen woke, met with party and Archer
- Discussed transposition crisis
- Party demonstrated Knife of Transposition portals
- Discovered 2x time differential (Feywild faster than Material)
- Queen provided resources for human transport
Experimentation
- Hanzo returned to Feywild via Maurice
- Party took over library to experiment with reflections
- Helia Oriela accidentally destroyed library with thunderwave
Bargain
- Party bargained with Queen for supplies:
- Helia: banner of Queen of Hearts
- Harloc: one large black arrow
- Hanzo: wagon
- Party: sealed writ of authority
Connections
- Connected to Town of Diamonds where humans were held
- Part of larger fae political structure (Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, Clubs)
- Linked to Material Plane through transposition events