Mad, we are.
Once upon a time a powerful wizard lived in the perimeter of a prosperous empire. He was intellectually crisp and his magical spells were as captivating as the eyes of an enchantress. A few months ago, the wizard had lost the love of his life to a merciless command of this ethically unblemished empire and in despair he vowed to take revenge. His resentment was so strong that he hated every living soul of the kingdom and in order to put his aching heart to rest he placed a magic potion in the well of the region from which all the residents drank. The effect of the potion was believed to be thrilling and whosoever drank from the well would lose his mind. A bruised lover can be a sadist of an unbelievable level! Anyway, the poisoned well was the communal well and the only source of water for the masses and the next morning the entire population drank from it. As expected the first toss down was enough and every face transformed into a canvas of i...