The Tea Dragon Festival

Rinn has grown up alongside the Tea Dragons that live in their village, small and gentle creatures that are part of everyday life. Finding a real dragon in the forest is another matter entirely.

The dragon is Aedhan, a young dragon who was appointed to guard the village and then fell asleep among the trees. Eighty years have passed since. Rinn's uncle Erik, an adventurer, and Erik's partner Hesekiel join in to look into the mystery of the enchanted sleep.

Solving the puzzle is only part of the task. Aedhan has woken to a world that moved on without him, and he is convinced the lost time cannot be recovered. Rinn's real challenge is helping him come to terms with that feeling.

This is a graphic novel in a gentle fantasy mode, with a warm and low-stakes tone. It is a companion story to The Tea Dragon Society, the earlier graphic novel in the same world, which won the Eisner Award twice. The mystery gives the plot its shape, but the emotional weight sits in Aedhan's search for a purpose and in the community around him that helps him find one.