Lost Mines of Phandelver, Episode 1

In the late evening, Barzyne and Gerald separately enter a tavern in Neverwinter. They had been summoned by Gundren Rockseeker, an old associate and occasional employer. They meet with Gundren and a human ranger, Dexter, about a simple transportation job: take a wagon of supplies to the city of Phandalin, three days ride to the southeast. Payment of ten gold each is promised.

 

Gundren asks them to leave in the morning. However, he is setting off that evening with a human companion, Sildar Hallwinter, to get to Phandalin early (Sildar was looking for a lost friend, and Gundren had business to attend to).

 

The party sets off the following morning. For two days, their travel is uneventful. On the third day, they spy dead horses in the road. Investigation reveals them to be the horses of Gundren and Sildar; both men are missing, as well as Gundren’s map of his secret mining operation. A quartet of golbins ambush the party, but are killed.

Gerald tracks the goblins’ footprints to a nearby cave, the opening of which is guarded by three hungry wolves chained to stalagmites.Barzyne feeds and calms the wolves, and enters the cave with Gerald as Dexter waits outside with the wagon.