The muffled strains of woodwind music drifted in on the ocean breeze, and the air was suddenly filled with the scent of exotic spices. From behind a curtain of fog emerged an impossible-looking ship, her bow curled back like the toe of a jester's slipper. Her decks and rails, a spellbinding tapestry of fabric and wood, spoke of far away ports across the sea of time. The old man lowered the long wooden horn from his lips and peacefully gazed out over the bow. The Mystic Mariner had arrived. - DM

ABOUT THE GREAT KETTLES. The Great Kettles is home to a number of magical figures: The Man in the Moon, The Mystic Mariner, Father Time, The Sandman, The Cloud Keeper, The Cow that Jumped Over the Moon, The Sisters of the Bridge, Trundles, Trolls, Mogg the Giant along with his four brother Giants (one for each season), Vidalia Potts, The Onion Lady, Old Man Winter…and a population of Shadow Tailors, Fence Viewers, Stone Counters, Scribners, Peddlers, Cooks and Crooks like Kudgell the Wayward Wizard. They have a game called Bowl a Troll where they roll Trolls at large (man-sized) wooden pins. The Troll, unlike a bowling ball, attempts to destroy the pins with a war-axe or sword as he flies into them. The Troll with the most destroyed wooden pins is the winner. - DM