Shrikant Giridhar

Session Notes: The Lost Mine of the Mountain King

Party

Summary

It was one of our longer sessions (3 hours) and a few interesting events happened.

Last session the party had arrived Phandalin back from a daring stealth rescue mission. They had managed to infiltrate the Cragmaw tribe’s stronghold deep in the treacherous Neverwinter Wood and take out their leader, King Grol, while rescuing their friend, Gundren Rockseeker. In Cragmaw Castle they ran into an unexpected ally in the form of Halia Thornton of the Phandalin’s Miner’s Exchange.

Arson at Stonehill Inn

As the travellers trudge into town they witness a terrible sight. The charred remains of the building that housed the Stonehill Inn stood before them. Asking around the town revealed that this was the retribution for the party’s actions against the Redbrand guards a couple of weeks ago. The Redbrands had raided the Inn late at night and not only brutally executed Thurn, the woodworker the party had saved from a public execution but set fire to the Inn itself as they left.

Toblen Stonehill (the inn’s proprietor) didn’t have any rooms for them to rent but offered them a place in his own living quarters for a few days and cautioned them to leave as soon as they can to avoid inviting further trouble.

Phandalin’s Defenders

The adventurers then headed down to Halia’s home where they discovered Halia, Sildar and the townmaster, Harbin Wester, in a serious discussion. Halia was sent to negotiate with the Cragmaws in the hope that they would turn against Lord “Glass Eye” Albrek and weaken his tyrannical rule. That plan fell through when the party killed King Grol to rescue Gundren.

When the party joined the discussions Sildar and Harbin were planning a negotiation with the Redbrand captain (“Greenfinger”) at the Sleeping Giant. Sildar warned that they should also expect retaliation from the Cragmaws after recent events. As other town leaders (Darren Edermath and Quelline Alderleaf) joined the meeting a plan began to take shape.

The party, led by Gregory, took the lead in formulating a defense plan against the goblinoid invasion. Halia and Darren would mobilize a small group of miners and lead an active defense force to block off the Triboar Trail.

Negotiations at the Sleeping Giant

Standoff

As they exited the inn the group noticed a group of four scarlet cloaked men following them at a distance.

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