As the adventure begins, read or paraphrase the following.

This is a short adventure by Paul Oklesh for 3-5 characters of levels 2-3. The village of Lanidor is suffering from an enchanted "summer of love". Can the PCs figure out what's going on?

The Business of Emotion is designed to introduce new players to basic roleplaying concepts, and features opportunities for both storytelling and combat.

Lanidor has not been delivering trade goods—wheat, oats, wool, lumber—to market. This adventure takes place in the Holdenshire setting, but it could easily be used to fill in the “next village down the road” in a sandbox setting.

Starting off a game with everyone forgetting who they are may not be an attractive prospect for all groups. Alternatively, the party may begin as burgeoning adventurers that seek out Annika Crestveil in search of advice or guidance, learning from her brother Tariq that she was last seen entering the catacombs under the city— but he warns not to delve under Northminster and that it is a matter for the guard.

Orfrain Cassar is a highwayman turned unwitting vassal of a psychic extraplanar insect called a

Annika Crestveil is an adventurer based out of Northminster. Her brother is Tariq Crestveil.

Having seen the true nature of the cult he has been so ardently tracking, Captain Crestveil concedes to the adventurers that he believes their previous claims of innocence regarding his sister's death. He plans to return to Northminster, calling off the search as he goes and having all wanted posters of the PCs removed.

At the end of the trail is a sizable mound. Read or paraphrase the following.

The trail has led you to a stone barrow, crouching at the foot of a forested hill. It once had a stacked-stone walled courtyard, but most of it has crumbled or been harvested for building material and now the area is choked with stinging nettles, thistle, and other vegetation. There is however a worn wagon path leading up to the entrance, with a very familiar covered wagon parked in front.

Unfortunately the blows don't stop coming for the party. Brand Torek comes back the day after the kobold raid with news about Belton's wagon: it's been found with a broken axle alongside the road to Blackford, and there's no sign of the halfling having left on foot. Brand hasn't seen it himself, but he's heard from a fellow ranger about its discovery, recognized the wagon from the description, and wanted to pass the news to Myco and the PCs, as they clearly knew him best.

Unfortunately it's not all merriment about Hengistbury. The rumors about town of kobolds are in fact well founded, and they've noticed that all the festivities have kept the townsfolk distracted. The evening of the second day of the festival they launch a three-pronged raid meant to test Hengistbury's defenses in preparation for future attacks.