DS240 | Wesnoth | Echoes of Invasion: Whirlwind Tour of Weldyn | Part 3 of 5

Dicey Stories

For the first time in their lives, Tric and Heppa meet an elf not of Estbryn Forest.

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GM Notes

Sir Deoran is the primary protagonist of the South Guard mainline campaign of the Battle for Wesnoth video game. In Scenario 5, he is given the choice to ally with human bandits or with the elf Ethiliel, who has already lent him aid. For the purposes of our story, he made the latter choice. In the video game, she’s a Shyde unit, but given what she’s experienced in the years since, I have her as a Sylph here, more an attacking unit than a defending one. If you ally with Ethiliel in the South Guard, the campaign ends with Scenario 8a, which has her in conflict with the Elvish Outrider Eltenmir, while the Elvish Marshal Ithelden is supportive of her. In my imaginings, Ithelden was the leader of the Aethenwood council, and once he was taken out of the picture, Eltenmir seized power and exiled Ethiliel for her “betrayal” in siding with the humans against an elf. After that point, there was on-and-off open conflict with the humans, which included the battles Knots and the Beard participated in.

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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