Tric and Heppa meet the current inhabitants of the abandoned human village just south of the Estbryn Forest.

This arc took a lot of inspiration from The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben. It’s a fascinating non-fiction book that combines the observations of a forester with recent scientific research. The author does tend to anthropomorphize trees a bit more than I think is justified, but as an inspiration for woses, that was spot on. It’s definitely worth a read if you love forests!

Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here.

Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org.

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Lilly and Imogen spend some quality time with the protoss of Browder II before beginning their next double-dipping job.

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Note: This episode uses our Fight Night rules. Find them here.

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Tric and Heppa explore the former settlements along the southern edge of the Estbryn Forest.

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This arc contains spoilers for the Battle for Wesnoth campaigns Eastern Invasion, the South Guard, and the Rise of Wesnoth.

Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here.

Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org.

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Imogen and Lilly release two protoss back into the wild.

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Tric and Heppa get ready to leave on their next mission for Thrandolil.

Mushrooms play a larger role in our campaign than they do in the Battle for Wesnoth video game, where fungus is just a type of terrain. In the real world, in addition to having some wild shapes, mushrooms have some pretty crazy names. For some examples to incorporate into your own games, check out the list linked here.

This arc also sees another set of Battle for Wesnoth units come to life as characters. The attacking creature at the keep was a Ghost. Renwick’s appearance and personality are informed by the video game’s artwork for the Elvish Hero unit. Fenowin is a Druid. Baeowin is an Elvish Rider, and Endathalis is an Elvish Scout.

Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here.

Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org.

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A drunken Lilly tries to play matchmaker between Malorn and Durian.

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Tric and Heppa reconnect with their families back in Estbryn forest.

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Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here.

Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org.

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Through a revealing application of psychometry, Imogen and Malorn come to better understand what has shaped each to be the person they are today.

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Glammur helps Tric and Heppa try to make sense of Kachen’s past actions.

In the Battle for Wesnoth video game, whenever a unit moves onto a village, a little flag shows up, marking the village for their side. When you move one of your units onto an opponent’s village, you replace their flag with your own. In the video game, those flags are used to generate income for your army. We’ve adapted the flag concept to fit into our game world, and you can see some of that in the artwork Del Borvic did for us, where several of them are on display in the upper left.

Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here.

Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org.

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Karax takes Imogen to task on her use of psionics. Lilly’s day is also rough; a supply run to Mar Sara City takes a devastating turn.

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