Introducing the background and the narrator

"So you want a story? I have a story for you. This story is set in the wild party town of Douxfield. Now you might think that a wild party town would have a lax ruler who let things get out of hand. In fact it's quite the opposite. Baron Wryfore was a strong believer in the power of law and the right of the nobility to uphold the law. However he was not the most foresighted of men. Upon his initial arrival in Douxfield he found his wife and children bored to tears by the then sleepy farming town. He decided to leverage his control over wine production of the region to bring more noble families to Douxfield. He succeeded. Three noble houses, Aleath an ancient nobility of elves dating back into the far reaches of history, Ganut Raum a relatively new house formed as a reward for a well know human military commander, and Fiera a house of bards and poets, set up permanent residence in the city with a good handful of titled nobles. Gaston Fiera, Duke of Fiera, even moved his entire household to a specially built house in the city."

"It was the rest of the people that were attracted to the city that Baron Wryfore did not anticipate. The retinues of the nobles he expected. The myriad swarm of commoners that followed in the wake of such large movement of wealth and nobility completely took him by surprise. At first the city was as lawless as one would expect from a town where legend has it that it rains wine when the heavens open. Then the Baron came to his senses and ordered Chertar, the captain of the city guard, to recruit guardsmen from the very influx that caused the uncontrolled revelry in the first place.

"This brought the wild partying under control. While you can always find someone drinking or partying at all times of the day or night in Douxfield, the serious partying mostly stays indoors as the guardsmen are quick to pick drunks off the street. Coupled with the steady stream of visiting foreign nobles arriving daily to partake in the lavish parties put on by the houses of Aleath, Ganut Raum, and Fiera a culture of moderate and high class partying arouse. The parties put on by the nobles were incredibly formal and their example lead the inns and taverns of Douxfield to emulate their styles so that even the lowliest peasant could experience a taste of the noble lifestyle. Thus the lowbrow extreme drunkenness went out of style in Douxfield."

"Other problems arose besides public drunkenness after public drunkenness lost its vouge. The three houses competed for foreign dignitaries with various forms of entertainment and the inns and taverns compete with each other for the largest share of the population's gold. You can almost smell the tension as you walk down the streets of Douxfield and see the colorful ribbons and fliers advertising the newest balls, galas, and parties."

"Now that we've finished the exposition of this amusing tale, we drop into the city proper. There on this delightful starlit night we find the Sky Serpent inn where the stars of our tale, Professor Calamity's Strolling Quintet, are about to stage their first performance."