The Zone of Adventure: Imbalance - Episode 1

Synopsis
The episode opens with the Lady Istus examining her tapestry, seeming troubled.

We come back to the material plane about 10 years after the Day of Story and Song

Merle is chilling on a beach resort. He is very bored with his life right now as Mavis is at college, Mookie is at fantasy military school, and the school Merle started is basically on the rails.

Magnus ends a training session at his dog school. He goes home to find everything metal on his property is rusted to dust, most notably the Flaming Poisoning Raging Sword Of Doom.

Taako is at a photoshoot for his magazine. He gets into a fight with his photographer, Susan, Kravitz's friend who he hates. He gets a call from Kravitz who confronts him about the fight and says Susan is coming for dinner the next night.

Davenport is at the beginning of a fight with a pirate admiral. Once challenged he suggests the pirates, instead of fighting they turn themselves in at Port Eversummer. When they refuse he activates his backpack which folds out into epic battle armor. The pirates backdown and they start peace talks. Davenport's crew pulls out instruments and Davenport himself pulling out a steel drum. At the start of peace talks a spec flies onto the drum which imediately starts to rust. Davenport rips it off his armor so it won't spread. Trying to find out more about this strange curse he leaves his crew in the care of his first mate and starts flying to the Bureau. On his way he calls Lucretia on his Adventure Zune. She invites him to come with her Magnus and Merle to Taako's dinner party.