Weeds Meads and Steeds PDF
After an alcoholic wizard accidentally curses a forest, it’s up to a group of misfit adventurers to set things right. There’s Dranden, a saddle maker wanting to boost his business; Belfast, a ruggedly handsome man who is also dangerously clumsy; Toble, a smelly, disgusting goblin who wants to do some good with his miserable, wretched existence; Rendle, a dull-witted academic who’s entirely obsessed with amphibians; and finally Zelendra, a half-elf priestess who ran away from home in search of true love. But their relatively easy quest of chopping down an infected tree quickly turns dangerous as they uncover a deeply sinister plot that’s bigger and far more ancient than any of them could imagine. With the entire kingdom at risk these brave souls must battle an ice elemental, survive their evil twins, traverse the shadow realm, and destroy a rampaging monster; all while tripping over, getting lucky, or taking naps – whatever works! They learn how to set aside their differences and grapple with life’s big questions such as; can you trust your perception of reality, is chasing after love a noble pursuit, what are the metaphysics of luck, and do frogs taste better than chickens?
After an alcoholic wizard accidentally curses a forest, it’s up to a group of misfit adventurers to set things right. There’s Dranden, a saddle maker wanting to boost his business; Belfast, a ruggedly handsome man who is also dangerously clumsy; Toble, a smelly, disgusting goblin who wants to do some good with his miserable, wretched existence; Rendle, a dull-witted academic who’s entirely obsessed with amphibians; and finally Zelendra, a half-elf priestess who ran away from home in search of true love.
But their relatively easy quest of chopping down an infected tree quickly turns dangerous as they uncover a deeply sinister plot that’s bigger and far more ancient than any of them could imagine. With the entire kingdom at risk these brave souls must battle an ice elemental, survive their evil twins, traverse the shadow realm, and destroy a rampaging monster; all while tripping over, getting lucky, or taking naps – whatever works!
They learn how to set aside their differences and grapple with life’s big questions such as; can you trust your perception of reality, is chasing after love a noble pursuit, what are the metaphysics of luck, and do frogs taste better than chickens?
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W E EDS, MEA DS, & S T EEDS<br />
pop.”<br />
“Your mansion is beautiful, but also very – strange.” Belfast said, scooping<br />
up some pudding. “The rooms go this way <strong>and</strong> that, <strong>and</strong> some rooms seem bigger<br />
than they should be, or hallways that stretch in peculiar ways.”<br />
“It's rather disorganized <strong>and</strong> befuddling isn't it?” Pournel nodded in<br />
agreement. “Starting off as a simple single room house, I kept adding <strong>and</strong><br />
modifying it to whatever I needed at the time. But building with magic has it's<br />
quirks, <strong>and</strong> it could very well make the inside of a room or hallway much larger<br />
than the outside of it.”<br />
“There's so mu' stuff 'ere!” Dr<strong>and</strong>en tried saying, muffled from all the<br />
pudding shoveled into his mouth, but then he swallowed for manner's sake. “All<br />
collected from around the world. I can see why it took you so long to get back to<br />
my town. You travel to so many different places, one small town in this big world<br />
would be easy to miss – for generations! I'm not sure if I would like to ride my<br />
horse that much, very tough on the back.”<br />
“About that,” Belfast said, turning to Pournel, “you mentioned we would<br />
use some form of fast travel for our trip tomorrow. What were you talking about?<br />
Like giant birds or something?”<br />
“We will use a portal to travel to a distant l<strong>and</strong>.” Pournel said.<br />
“A portal? That sounds interesting, maybe a little dangerous.” Dr<strong>and</strong>en said<br />
with concern, but his eyes couldn't be bothered to leave his bowl of delicious<br />
pudding.<br />
“A portal is a fold in the fabric of space <strong>and</strong> time that connects one place<br />
with another.” Pournel explained in a casual, but instructive tone, though the<br />
words were lost on the others. “It is a secret form of travel that wizards use to<br />
move across the world in an instant.”<br />
“Secret?” Belfast wrinkled his forehead. “Then why are you revealing it to<br />
us?”<br />
“Right, that reminds me, you shouldn't tell anyone about these portals.<br />
Instead, just tell people that we used giant birds, or underground tunnel worms.<br />
Anything else will do.”<br />
“What?” Zelendra asked, lifting her wobbling head from her strawberry<br />
pudding. “Why though, why is it secret? Portals that instantly zap you<br />
somewhere, it's amazing, I mean, that sounds wonderful.”<br />
“Wonderful, you say?” Pournel raised his bushy eyebrows. “If people knew<br />
of this then they would use it for everyday travel. Going to the market, going to<br />
work, going to see relatives, all of it would be as simple as opening a door <strong>and</strong><br />
stepping a few paces. This seems wonderful at first, but it cuts out the entire<br />
journey, the experience of hardship to get somewhere. And it wouldn't stop there.<br />
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