Are you new to the Tale? Not sure where to start or who the characters are? You’re not alone! There are lots of first time readers jumping into the story.
It all began in January of 2018, so it’s been going on for a while! You can jump in anywhere you like, but I would recommend reading the synopses and beginning where one of the books start.
- The Land of Wynne: Learn about the setting
- Book 1: Of Children and Dragons (Buy the Book Here!)
- Story 1: “Getting it all Together” Synopsis – Where DeFrantis, Granthurg, Thissraelle, Antonerri, and Karendle meet. The children that DeFrantis is protecting are sold into slavery. (Click here to start the whole story.)
- Story 2: “The Kids Aren’t Alright” Synopsis – Where the party searches for the children, are all separated, and rejoin to fight the slavers. (Click here to read the story scenes starting at Story 2.)
- Book 2: Of Wizards and Dragons (Buy the Book Here!)
- Story 3: “Wizards and Dragons” Synopsis – Thissraelle and Karendle argue, but when Karendle returns to Twynne Rivers, Thissraelle, Eddiwarth, and Granthurg go look for her. Tonklyn and Kirraxal conspire to attack the city. (Click here if you want to start your journey with this story arc.)
- Story 4: “The Dragons of Emberfire” Synopsis – Thissraelle and her team recover in The Vast, then return to Twynne Rivers. They travel through the Umbrawood Forest to fight the Dragons in the Emberfire Mountains. (Click here to start reading from the beginning of story arc 4.)
- Book 3: Of Dragons and Kings
- Prelude
- 219 – “Making Connections” – Thissraelle – Thissraelle learns about Wynne’s Creation Myth, and why some people worship dragons. She also learns about the nature of magic.
- Story 5 – “Who Wants to Be King?”
- Part 16 – “Winterfest”
- 220 – “Finding Connections” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn knows there are also dragons in Emberfire City. He just needs to find them. He meets with a contact that can get him closer.
- 221 – “Meeting Connections” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn learns some shocking things about the dragons of Emberfire.
- 222 – “To the Aerie” – Tonklyn – A young dragonkeeper leads Tonklyn to the dragon’s aerie and talks about the training.
- 223 – “Talking With Dragons” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn speaks face to face with one of the captive dragons of Emberfire City.
- 224 – “The Dragon’s Tooth” – Eddiwarth – Eddiwarth and Parith are outsiders in Emberfire City. They meet up with Thissraelle and talk about the Dragons Tooth Dagger.
- 225 – “A Raw Gem” – Eddiwarth – Thissraelle’s father sure has a way of making Eddiwarth feel small and useless. What can he do?
- 226 – “The Flame” – Eddiwarth – Eddiwarth tries to show he can wield the flame, but memories of past failures overwhelm him.
- 227 – “The Forest Deep” – Illariel – Illariel, a young wood elf girl, finds joy in the spirit of the forest. Today, however, she also finds danger.
- 228 – “That Smell” – Illariel – Illariel finds an Arachin that the High Elven patrol had left wounded.
- 229 – “Tears in the Snow” – Illariel – With her new spider friend, Illariel sees horrible carnage that her healing can’t fix.
- 230 – “The Shadow of the Wall” – Shylai’a – Shylaia is trying to get across the river before the Twynne Rivers city guard drop the curfew.
- 231 – “When I Get To It” – Shylai’a – Shylai’a is angry when the bridge keeper won’t let her cross, and even angrier when a crazy old man helps her get home.
- 232 – “Questions Asked” – Shylai’a – Shylai’a and other homeless people in the OuterWall of Twynne Rivers shelter in an old Chapel. She wonders about what the old man said.
- 233 – “The Winterfest Celebration” – Shylai’a – While Shylai’a is sheltering with other beggars in the chapel, some people from the church bring them all food. Shylai’a joins their militia.
- 234 – “Another Winterfest Celebration” – Korr – While Eddiwarth and Thissraelle are introduced to high elven high society by her father, Karendle, Parith, and Korr are sidelined.
- 235 – “Murderer on the Street” – Korr – Korr and Parith talk about leaving Emberfire, then pursue the dark cloaked figure they had fought before.
- Interlude – 236 – “By Any Other Name” – Thissraelle – Heathrax teaches Thissraelle how the rule of the Dragon Kings enslaved the humans.
- Part 17 – “Freeze”
- In the Previous Part
- 237 – “Another Raid” – Shylai’a – Shylai’a, now a soldier in a noble’s militia, fights in a raid on a rival faction.
- 238 – “A Fight After the Fight” – Shylai’a – Shylaia gets into a big argument with another in her raiding party. Then she gets in big trouble with her commander.
- 239 – “Bringing Down The House” – Shylai’a – The priest blows up the house the Shylaia and her team raided, and she sees the people afraid.
- 240 – “Flaming ideas” – Eddiwarth – Eddiwarth and Korr are practicing their crafts, but Eddiwarth is struggling. They talk about leaving Emberfire.
- 241 – “Burned” – Eddiwarth – Thissraelle and Eddiwarth argue about her family.
- 242 – “Feeling the Cold” – Eddiwarth – Eddiwarth is upset because of his fight with Thissraelle. He decides to apologize.
- 243 – “Snow and Shadows” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn and Kirraxal spell out their plan for the conquest of the Land of Wynne.
- 244 – “The High Council” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn talks to members of the high elf council, suggesting they attack the wood elves.
- 245 – “Gre’mama’s Visits” – Illariel – Illariel learns about the Arachins from her Grandmother.
- 246 – “Getting Oriented” – Illariel – Illariel talks about her experience with wood elven leaders. She realizes the extent of the high elven incursions into her forest.
- 247 – “The Scent of the City” – Parith – Parith is going to meet an informant to find out about what’s happening in Emberfire City.
- 248 – “Keeping it Quiet” – Parith – Korr and Parith meet their informant, and learn about the plans of The Dragon’s Flame in Emberfire.
- 249 – “In the Moment” – Korr – Returning to the fight with the dragonriders, Korr has a moment of perfect clarity, then total frustration.
- 250 – “Wisdom and Circumstances” – Korr – Jaxil confronts Parith and Korr about the poisoning of a high elven councilman, and the fight with the dragonriders. The Dragon’s Flame is in Emberfire.
- Interludes
- 251 – “Creating The World” – Thissraelle – Thissraelle practices magic with Heathrax, and Eddiwarth comes to talk to her.
- 252 – “The World Keeps Turning” – Thissraelle – Eddiwarth tells Thissraelle that he wants to go with Parith and Korr to find the Dragon’s Tooth Dagger.
- Part 17, “Freeze”, Synopsis
- Part 18, “Test”
- 253 – “Return to the Shrine” – Eddiwarth – Eddiwarth, Korr, and Parith pass by the site of the skirmish at the shrine. It stirs difficult memories for all three.
- 254 – “Eddiwarth’s F’luth Face” – Eddiwarth – Eddiwarth has a long distance moment with Thissraelle via oculus.
- 255 – “Wake Up” – Eddiwarth – Illariel joins Eddiwarth, Korr, and Parith as they journey through Umbrawood.
- 256 – “A Walk in the Woods” – Illariel – The party gets to know the spider. They decide that it’s not safe to go to TreeHaven. Parith isn’t pleased, but goes along.
- 257 – “A Flight of Dragons” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn has recruited three dragons from the Emberfire mountains to help with the cause.
- 258 – “Dragons and Kings” – Tonklyn – Kirraxal commands the respect of the other dragons in establishing his royalty.
- 259 – “On the Wagon” – Shylai’a – Shylai’a and her squad are escorting prisoners to trial, but she starts to think it’s all wrong.
- 260 – “Off the Wagon” – Shylai’a – Shylai’a sets her prisoners free and runs from the militia.
- 261 – “Going With the Flow” – Korr – Korr is uncertain about returning to the Academy. He doubts his worthiness to advance his studies.
- 262 – “The Test” – Korr – Korr returns with his friends to The Academy and is tested for advancement. His battle isn’t going well.
- 263 – “The Test, Part II” – Korr – Korr, in a test bout to earn his advancement, finds his focus and is “In the Moment”.
- 264 – “Celebrating the Dragon” – Eddiwarth – Korr is celebrating his advancement with his friends. Will he stay and study or follow them on their quest for the dagger?
- 265 – “Brothers Together” – Granthurg – Granthurg meets his brothers in an pub in Twynne Rivers. He tells them about the fight at the Cathedral and the dagger.
- 266 – “Brother’s End” – Granthurg – Granthurg and his brothers are attacked as mercenaries try to get the Dragon’s Tooth dagger!
- Part 16 – “Winterfest”
- Prelude
