Night of Red Fields

The Night of Red Fields was an armed conflict taking place in the small farming community of Greenest. A force of raiders operating on the behalf of the Cult of the Dragon attacked with the intention of pillaging valuables to assemble a sacrificial hoard. A contingent of kobolds and drakes fell on the community an hour before sundown, taking the town's scant militia unawares and setting fires to make way for a larger infantry force of cultists and hired sellswords. Lennithon the Blue, an adult blue dragon, was utilised as air support and for crowd control, strafing the village and its keep. Townsfolk immediately dashed towards the holdfast, with many successfully making it inside, but still others sheltered in the temple of Chauntea. Governor Tarbaw Nighthill gave the order to seal the keep after an Iron Dog slipped through, killing a stableboy and injuring the Governor's arm.

At this time, a small group of Sparkbearers noted the smoke rising from Greenest and moved in to assist. They aided Greenester Linan Swift and some others into the keep immediately before it closed, although Swift's family were left without. Reporting to the Governor and Castellan Escobert the Red, the Bearers were deputised and subsequently undertook a series of pitched scuffles against cult forces throughout the night. Kagame utilised a ballista to pierce Lennithon's eye, driving the dragon off. Around midnight, Wearer of Purple Frulam Mondath arrived with her bodyguard Langdedrosa Cyanwrath to oversee the proceedings.

As dawn broke, the raiders began to withdraw with all recovered goods, leaving behind Langdedrosa and Linan Swift's captured family. Cyanwrath ordered that Greenest buy the lives of the hostages in single combat- a task for which Zedris reluctantly volunteered. Cyanwrath released Swift's children, keeping her husband to secure cooperation. Zedris was swiftly trounced, but spared with only a scar. Langdedrosa, true to his word, released Swift's husband and left the town.

Aftermath
The townsfolk of Greenest threw a feast to celebrate the actions of the so-called "Champions of Greenest". Governor Nighthill gave them a writ as officers of Greenfields law, which they accepted before pursuing the cult to ascertain its numbers and intentions.

Reema the Roamer, a minstrel present during the Night of Red Fields, penned a 20-verse ballad of the same name which she subsequently began to spread. She performed the first few verses at the celebratory feast. The ballad extensively mentions the Sparkbearers present, with one verse each being devoted to one of their deeds. Another verse references a cowardly cockatrice- a mocking depiction of a young Adrian Culver, who had been present yet not active during the combat.