20 FY | 3981 BC
We open on Lena and elven maiden gatherer living in the rainforest of Aflar. Gatherers are unable to grow their own crops so they have to go out searching for natural vegetation. It’s all good until a sudden dragon attack burns all plant life in the area. This plunges the tribe into a desperate situation as vegetation is their primary form of sustenance and people start dying from starvation.
In her dwindling storage of fruit, Lena finds corn and discards some of the kernels into the rich soil. Sometime later, Lena discovers the discarded kernels have produced little sprouts. On a hunch, she plants more seeds to repeat the process and waits. After a rainstorm, she notices that water causes the plants to grow more and they look remarkably healthier.
Meanwhile, her tribe is still struggling to make it through the famine as their food source dwindles. Without rain, Lena’s plants are starting to die off. Lena knows she has to get water to them, so she develops the first clay pot to carry water from the river to her plants so she can water them. It works like a charm.
As she continues to search the area for more seeds, Lena collects seeds from a beanstalk. She needs a place to keep all of them so she stores them in her new clay pot. Ersa, the best gatherer in the tribe, discovers Lena’s crops. An envious Ersa steals the pot of seeds. Lena is able to get her seeds back, but Ersa is right on her tail as they race through the forest.
Lena trips and falls, spraining her ankle. The clay pot shatters just as Ersa is right on top of her. A series of magical beanstalks erupt from the soil at exactly the right moment, propelling Ersa into the air where she falls to her death.
After this, Lena feels guilty. Ersa died because of her own hubris and because she didn’t share her findings with the people of her tribe. Lena rectifies this mistake by teaching her people how to grow plants and make pottery.