Adventure 2: The maple syrup shortage
It's been four years since the whole KAnon kerfuffle. Since then the North Pole's elected a new Santa and Mrs Claus (for the first time ever!), and things seem to have settled down.
It couldn't last forever, of course.
In 2024 the Penguin Flotilla took over a chunk of Baffin Island. Fearing for the vital maple syrup shipping route between the North Pole and Quebec, Santa authorized a military intervention to secure the Fury and Hecla Strait. It didn't go well, and the North Pole's been running off its Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve for the better part of a year. But Christmas is almost here, and the North Pole needs that fuel to make Christmas presents ... and for food.
Santa needs your help!