When banquets and wine hide bigger questions...

In Foundation, we step into a rare moment of calm for the surviving Larian colonists as Tarian and Keldon share wine, banter, and uneasy questions beneath timber-scented beams. A banquet meant to cement peace instead stirs old questions. What begins as light teasing over strong elven wine slowly sharpens into suspicion, and hints at buried truths waiting to surface.

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Despite surviving the siege, the colonists, elves, and dwarves seek a fragile release from their dread. This chapter of Colonization follows Tarian as he works to solidify new alliances, even as unsettling discoveries simmer just out of sight.

✨ For those who’ve followed the siege and the fight, this is that rare breath between storms — where diplomacy and doubt share the same table.

🎵 This scene flows perfectly with “Moments of Rest,” a reflective blues piece that lingers like a deep breath after battle. Its soulful cadence underscores Tarian’s balancing act between duty and unease, tinting every exchange with a quiet, fragile tension.

Behind the Scenes:
As I wrote this banquet, I circled back to the planet’s deeper mysteries, the monsters’ DNA, the missing colonists, and the uneasy ties between these three races. Even in a scene of wine and laughter, those shadows creep in, planting seeds for what’s to come.

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Links:
📘 Dead Man’s Hand: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mans-Hand-Forgers-Book-ebook/dp/B0DHY1WMT8/ref=sr_1_1
📘 Foundation: https://www.wattpad.com/765521241-colonization-foundation

⏱ Timestamps:
0:00 Song Start and Introduction
0:24 Story Begins
6:40 Story Ends and Sign Off
7:10 End Cards