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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Chapter 2<br />
A Long Time Later<br />
Decades soon passed after the fateful encounter between Dr<strong>and</strong>en<br />
Pipperwhip <strong>and</strong> Pournel Brewsworth, <strong>and</strong> the wizard's parting words<br />
were proved justified, but not in the best way possible. Dr<strong>and</strong>en no<br />
longer had to worry about his lawn, but the darkened <strong>and</strong> twisted weeds crept<br />
slowly backwards into the rest of the woods, which created a serious problem.<br />
Pipperwhip's house was located in a neighborhood just on the edge of town, <strong>and</strong><br />
was directly connected to the southern half of the great Hornbul forest. This was<br />
a beautiful, wild, <strong>and</strong> pristine place that some regarded as being magical <strong>and</strong><br />
even the heart of the kingdom.<br />
Although Hornbul was much smaller than other forests, it did serve a<br />
historically important part in the formation of the kingdom <strong>and</strong> was protected by<br />
the usual preservation laws humans love to create – a way to feel like they have<br />
control over nature. But those “harmless” ethereal spirits slowly tormented the<br />
trees with their life-syphoning darkness <strong>and</strong> strangled the once beautiful foliage<br />
with shadows of fear <strong>and</strong> death. The decline was incremental, with a few<br />
generations passing before the darkness became unavoidably noticeable.<br />
After a time, it became incredibly difficult, if not impossible, for wedding<br />
ceremonies <strong>and</strong> birthdays to be held within the forest's boundaries anymore.<br />
Newly weds who planned to have their first married kiss under a hamlet of<br />
flowering trees, instead had to make haste with a peck on the cheek under<br />
scraggly barren branches that reached towards them like long skeleton fingers.<br />
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