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 starts.
- 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 (Buy the Book Here!)
- Story 5 – “Who Wants to Be King?” Synopsis – Eddiwarth, Parith, and Korr travel through the Umbrawood forest while tensions in the world, especially in Twynne Rivers, escalate. Illariel joins the travellers, and Shylai’a struggles with life in the city. (Click here if you want to start your journey with this story arc.)
- Story 6 – “The Dragon King” Synopsis – The party travels to Twynne Rivers, and amid street battles with thugs and soldiers meets up with Illariel and Ari. Meanwhile, the high elves attack the wood elves and tensions grow. (Click here if you want to start reading this story arc.)
- Story 7 – “The Fall” Synopsis – The Dragons attack Twynne Rivers and overthrow the king, leaving the city in chaos. The party looks for the dagger, but is split up and captured. Tonklyn becomes the new high king, but it only lasts a day. The dragons leave and Eddiwarth “becomes the flame”. (Click here if you want to start reading this story arc.)
- Book 4: Of Gods and Dragons
- Story 1 – “Another Winter Older”
- 1 – “Foreword” – Mithrabella Chronicler – Mithrabella Chronicler sets her first Historical commentary of the new book!
- Part 1 – “Denial”
- 2 – “Snow and Shadows” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn rummages through the streets of Twynne Rivers, thinking he’s still the King and that the soldiers of the enemy are chasing him.
- 3 – “His Royal Highness” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn wakes up from one nightmare into another one more real as the city plaza is attacked. Is the monarchy over?
- 4 – “The Voice in my Head” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn meets Verd, but he’s not sure if the voice is real or not. Tonklyn is confused and has a breakdown.
- 5 – “Life on the Wing” – Xintalan – Xintalan takes flight to escape the pressures of being the Dragon Queen.
- 6 – “What Am I Doing?” – Xintalan – Xintalan has to deal with the Dragon Council. That’s not easy, especially when you’re starting to feel a pox coming on.
- 7 – “The Story” – Mithrabella – Ever since the city burned, Mithrabella’s life has been out of her control, and she hates it!
- 8 – “Feeling the Cold” – Mithrabella – Mithrabella doesn’t think it’s safe for her mother to go visit her sick friend. Which is more important, safety or kindness?
- 9 – “I Told You So” – Mithrabella – Mithrabella’s Mom gets sick from her friend, and now Mithrabella has to care for her. Her mom mentions a healer in the Outerwall…
- 10 – “How She Got Here” – Shylai’a – Shylai’a has been running from herself ever since the horrible fight in the throne room last summer. Now she’s got the plague.
- 11 – “The Soothing Darkness” – Shylai’a – Shylai’a has delerious flashback dreams and is healed by Kiffra. Kiffra remembers her from that night in the palace.
- 12 – “Prayer in the Shadows” – Kiffra – Kiffra says a prayer and meets Shylai’a, who is now awake after being healed.
- 13 – “Can’t Sleep Tonight” – Kiffra – Kiffra can’t sleep, and the Knight of Shadows comes to check in on Tonklyn.
- Interludes
- 14 – “Reunion” – Thissraelle – Thissraelle and DeFrantis have a joyful reunion of old friends in the Monastery of St Ivarr near Dirae. Thissraelle meets Tari, DeFrantis’ baby.
- 15 – “How Life Changes” – Thissraelle – Thissraelle tells DeFrantis that Eddiwarth is now a counselor to the nobles trying to restore the kingdom.
- 16 – “On Dragon’s Wings” – Eddiwarth – Eddiwarth and Ghorax are flying to Haffenberg and Eddiwarth thinks about their meeting and strange friendship.
- Part 2 – “Anger”
- 17 – “Killing the Kings” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn tries to convince the beggars of the bond that he was one of the Kings of Twynne Rivers. They mock him, not believing him.
- 18 – “As Real as it Gets” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn is going with Kiffra to a healing and has to confront what is real and what is not.
- 19 – “Blessing” – Kiffra – After Kiffra heals some sick folks in a family, Tonklyn doesn’t understand why Kiffra leaves the blessing and won’t accept money.
- 20 – “What Are You Doing Here?” – Mithrabella – Mithrabella seeks out Kiffra, the healing beggar, and finds that Tonklyn is there with him. All her anger floods back.
- 21 – “Wretched Flaming Wreckage” – Mithrabella – Mithrabella and Shylai’a confront Tonklyn about his past. The poor beggars are left to wonder if he was really the king.
- 22 – “The Madman Returns” – Shylai’a – Shylai’a is attacked by some soldiers, triggering her PTSD. She slays them and breaks down.
- 23 – “Chit Chat and Carols” – Faloren – Faloren, Eddiwarth’s old teacher at the Wizard’s Guild, has retired. Three of the others in the Guild try to convince him to come back out.
- 24 – “The Gilded Master” – Faloren – Faloren shows Cromdell and the others the treasure he’s secreted away for reforming the Wizard’s Guild.
- 25 – “Illness of the Queen” – Xintalan – Xintalan has caught the dreaded Dragon Pox, and is feeling the effects. She heals herself, but it’s only temporary.
- 26 – “Anger of the Queen” – Xintalan – Xintalan tries to show the dragon council the importance of lore by hearing a poem. They don’t care because she has the pox!
- 27 – “Sorrow of the Queen” – Xintalan – Xintalan bids farewell. She is sick with the dragon pox and afraid to spread it. She leaves the crown and flies to the forest.
- Interludes
- 28 – “Where Did She Go?” – Parith – Miravell is worried because her daughter, Illariel is missing. She usually goes off into the woods, but it’s been too long this time!
- 29 – “The Dead of Winter” – Parith – Parith searches the Umbrawood forest for Illariel. He is quite worried she’ll be frozen. He remembers where Ari went to hibernate and finds her there.
- 30 – “When Beloved Friends Gather” – Thissraelle – Thissraelle and Eddiwarth get married! The family is there for both of them. Illariel really needs her friend, and cries on her shoulder.
- Part 3
- 30 – “So Tired” – Kiffra – Kiffra, Tonklyn, and Verd are healing more people lined up outside the beggar’s bond.
- 32 – “The Outcast King” – Tonklyn – Tonklyn is beginning to feel the weight of his choices. He and Verd talk, mostly about Kiffra’s tragic backstory.
- Story 1 – “Another Winter Older”
