Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest

Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest
Publishing Information
Author(s)	Kate Elliott
First printing	September 4, 2019
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Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest is an e-book written by Kate Elliott, published by Wizards of the Coast and Penguin Random House on September 4, 2019. It is available in English for $3.99 everywhere Penguin Random House publishes e-books, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the Apple Store. This will be the only way to go deeper than the cards and read the full Throne of Eldraine story.

The Wildered Quest follows Rowan Kenrith, who is featured on the cover of the book. The story is “about going on a quest and getting lost — maybe not physically lost so much as in other ways” and is the start of a larger story arc.

Blurb

The young warrior-mage twins Rowan and Will Kenrith quest for their missing father, the High King. Rowan and Will’s powers are strong, but the world of Eldraine is a dangerous place! A thrilling mashup of Arthurian legend and Grimm’s fairy tales seen through the unique lens of Magic: The Gathering, here you will find magic, monsters, and mystery true to both traditions.

Summary

Harvest

Chapter 1. The fey planeswalker Oko has just arrived on Eldraine when he is attacked and wounded by Garruk Wildspeaker. Escaping in the form of a stag, he turns the tables on Garruk and traps the hunter in a net of thorn-laced vines. Oko notices Liliana's corrupting magic coursing through Garruk's veins and the hedron lying buried in his skin. When Garruk reveals that he is also a planeswalker, Oko mesmerizes him and turns him into a subservient bodyguard named "Dog".

Chapter 2. High King Algenus Kenrith is about to leave on the Grand Procession, his first-harvests tour of all five courts of the Realm. His twin children Rowan and Will are too young to quest but are allowed by their parents as humble attendants in the baggage train. From excitement, impatient Rowan is almost unable to contain her electric powers, but Will is bored. When Will is entranced by a vision of foreign worlds, created by his ice magic, they miss the departure of the cavalcade. They have to stay behind. After being berated by their stern but kind stepmother, they decide to join the procession anyway.

Chapter 3. While their stepmother is distracted by stately business, the twins escape the castle. To shorten the route to their father they have to cross a narrow strip of the Wilds on the Choking Drum Ridge. However, the magic forest seems to be larger than they thought and they are attacked by fierce redcaps. They defeat the first batch, but they hear a larger group coming near and also hear something big moving through the woods.

Chapter 4. Rowan and Will clear the forest, but discover that they are still in the enchanted Wilds. They find themselves standing on a promontory above a cliff face that shouldn't have been there. When they are about to be overwhelmed by the redcaps, they are unexpectedly rescued by Oko and Garruk. Afterward, the naive Rowan is ready to fall for the charms of the fey, though Will is not so trusting. When the twins show their distrust of the savage Garruk, Oko orders his Dog to not harm them. Pretending to be from Eldraine, but meanwhile quizzing Rowan about the plane, Oko and Garruk join the twins on their way to Beckborough.

Chapter 5. Will walks with Garruk and unsuccessfully tries to engage him in a conversation. He suspects something is wrong with the big man. The companions reach Beckborough in time to see the Procession arrive, with the High King in the lead and his trusted knight companion Cado at his side. The twins leave Oko and Garruk and find their friends Titus and Cerise who had discovered their absence but had covered for them. Meanwhile, Oko is up to no good. He disguises himself as Cado, and deletes the memory of their encounter in the twin's minds. Not much later, he manages to abduct theur father, the High King.

Winter

Chapter 6. It is three months later and the eve of the twin's eighteenth birthday. The High King is still missing, and the courts and courtiers don't give the Queen Linden the respect she deserves. Will and his younger sister Hazel find a blue faerie within the walls of Ardenvale, meaning that the Wilds are infringing on the court. Rowan and Will decide to start on a quest for their father, and Titus and Cerise join them. Queen Linden unexpectedly gives them their blessing and sends Cado along as companion and protector.

Chapter 7. The company leaves Ardenvale and travels to Vantress. On their way there, they kill an ogre and meet the Vantress loremage Elowen. Elowen notices that the twins have been hexed in the past, although they have no idea what she is talking about.