Blossom Fall, Episode 15

Colonial Caerdia: Blossom Fall is a story being told through a 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons campaign I'm running at a local hobby shop called the Devil's Bench. If you aren't already familiar with this series, you can find the beginning over here.

You can find the previous episode here.

5th-9th of Waning Spring, 0 AL

When last we left our heroes, it was Luna's birthday and her mysterious egg was hatching. The egg continues to hatch, revealing within a very tiny dragon, of a light red that is nearly pink, and with wings shaped and patterned like a butterfly. It licks Luna's hand, and she giggles in delight.

Waiting off in the woods, I'Un hears this, but through his fear of impending dragons, misinterprets what he's hearing as pain and destruction. John, however, recognizes the sounds as happy and brings the group hiding in the woods out, where they meet this strange little dragon.

After getting familiar with the little creature, as well as feeding it and eventually naming it Salmon, they decide to continue on along the river, seeking the ruined village they heard about being on the southern branch. Along the next several days, they follow the river east and cross over with the aid of magic and rope to follow the southern branch, where they find a large log spanning the river. They elect to use the log to cross onto the northern side of the river before continuing along.

As they progress, they begin to see mountains off in the distance - and then they spot a wisp of smoke in the air. John and Vala scout out ahead, finding - after four hours - a village of stone, igloo-like huts. On the other side of the river. They backtrack, regroup, re-cross the river back at the log, and arrive back at the village of the 9th of Waning Spring - spotting some strange flashes from up on the mountain as the approach.

John and Vala once again scout ahead, with John pausing at the edge of the village while Vala continues on amongst the ruined buildings, seeking the source of the smoke. She finds it - a fire in an open square, surrounded by five gnolls cooking some unidentified meat. Vala reports this back to the others and, after some debate, they sneak in, fanning out behind several buildings to surround the gnolls. They attempt to frighten the creatures with a magical roar, resulting in the gnolls spreading out to search for the source.

Vala steps out to greet them, allowing the rest of her friends to remain hidden, and battle commences. It may have gone quite well, except that I'Un targets the leader of the group and manages to get himself surrounded. As it is, they pick off the gnolls and revive the fallen I'Un. They search the gnolls, finding some strange coins and a couple of items that may be magical.



And with that, week's game session comes to an end. Check back in another week to find out what happens in Episode 16.