The Dragon's Ring
Written by Tom Davie
System: The One Ring
Players: 3 to 6
Available in Sessions: R, A, B, C
It is late autumn, in the year TA 2944. Three years since the dragon came down from the mountain and laid great fire upon the Lake, three years since the great battle of five armies, and three years of re-building. Esgaroth itself, with wood and crafters from the realm of the elven King, is being built anew. Tall elegant watchtowers line its outer edge, and there is a well-integrated mix of cultures of the lake-folk, elves and woodmen. Twenty miles to the North Dale, and some smaller surrounding hamlets are also being rebuilt, although here more stone is used and there is a slightly more dwarven influence. There is peace in the land as the goblins are scattered, the wolves cower away and even the Necromancer has supposedly been driven from his lair in the South of the forest. The number of dwarves and elves in these mannish towns grow less each year, as the towns get nearer to completion. Memories, especially the memories of men, fade fast and it maybe as the decades past, the time of the 'alliance', of a sort, that fought the goblins and wolves, will fade and dwarves and elves will be seen as intruders and interlopers.
But not for now…For soon is the third anniversary of the death of the great dragon. There will be a sombre ceremony and a celebratory feast to celebrate the victory of the alliance, held in the new Esgaroth.