Battle for Wesnoth

The elves and their human companion descend from the hills into a soggy stretch of land crossed by rotting boardwalks and dotted with an occasional abandoned hut. Some have been uninhabited for years, while the owners of others have cleared out recently to avoid the current conflict. Or maybe they are now bolstering the militia … Read more

Since enemy forces have likely seen them, Tric leads his group farther from those battlelines, which means heading up into the hills. Heppa mounts up, allowing Butterbell to handle the steeper terrain for her, but Tric stays on the ground walking alongside the new arrival. Eventually, when they are definitely out of sight of the … Read more

Once outside the limits of the Estbryn encampment, Tric leads the way stealthily from copse to copse, roughly following the route Heppa mapped out the day before. Based on scout reports and her own observations, Heppa is quite confident about the location of the lead orcish encampment. Her route is not direct—it skirts the main … Read more

A few weeks after the momentous family dinner, things are looking quite different for the House of Thrandolil. Namely, most of its members are far beyond the edges of their home forest, now encamped on the northeastern slopes of the Estmark Hills. Tric and Heppa are there with the Estbryn forces, as are Heppa’s father … Read more

The rest of Alric’s visit with Heppa goes smoothly, which is a surprise to Heppa. For some reason, her mother never takes her to task over defying her. It is late in the evening when Heppa returns from dropping Alric back off at the Parting Glass. On her way back to her house from Butterbell’s … Read more

Cleomithir represents the Wesmere elves at the council. They are here mainly because he himself applied pressure to the Kal’ian to support Estbryn Forest. While Cleomithir may have lived in Wesmere for thirty years, he is still very protective of his home forest. At the council meeting, Tric learns that Ash, too, is part of … Read more

Tric does get in some more quality time with Terwaen before the business of war begins. He shows her some of his favorite fishing spots, but the place that most catches her interest is the obstacle course that the scouts practice on. Tric gives her a few pointers and sets her on the average course … Read more

Tric and Heppa have different ways of processing the family dinner. Back in the scouting hut assigned to Alric, Heppa shares with her boyfriend her concerns about her father. Something felt off to her during dinner, but she cannot exactly put her finger on it. Could he just be acting this whole time, his whole … Read more

Unwilling to make a scene, Penna waits for the proper moment to drag her nephew over the coals. She keeps Nasir out of this, though. It is not her brother’s fault that Tric gives no thought to the collateral damage he could cause. No, that is a trait Tric inherited from Anador. After enough of … Read more

Tric arrives at dinner without any humans in tow—Terwaen was not invited, but she already had plans that evening with Baeowin anyway. Not so for Heppa, though. She brings her human boyfriend. Despite his generous gift of cider, Alric’s presence is met with a scowl from Penna. Heppa sees the glare but silently holds her … Read more

Heppa manages to avoid her family for several days, but when her grandparents Cleomithir and Quaemilya arrive in Estbryn Forest, there is no more putting it off. There is much fanfare, since they bring with them Wesmere’s troops. Unlike when a human approaches the border of Estbryn Forest, no one halts and interrogates them. Nor … Read more