You know how when you enter freeport everyone is acting weird and terrified hinting at possible doom. The whole hero's festival thing becomes really crazy due to the fact the festival participants/organizers are all happy jolly and what, then you have the freeport people saying stuff like "Why is this happening to us.", "I hope they can't get past the barrier", and other slightly cryptic comments. Do some people find this hilarious?
I just worked on the assumption that the provisioners brought out the really good ales & wines and as someone said in another thread about this, some folk have had a bit too much to drink & others a bit too little.