To clear their names, they’re sent undercover to the Marvelous Travelling Show on the outskirts of Ironstead, posing as performers amid mud, music and gaudy lights. Between candyfloss experiments, awkward audition acts, and a pair of very well-timed nat 20s, they catch sight of a silver-cloaked elf and a red wagon that might hold the key to the Crimson Cloak Syndicate… if they can make their move before the carnival leaves town.