Lost Mines of Phandelver, Episode 4

The party follows the Redbrands to Tresendar Manor, but could not see how he entered. A search of the house yielded nothing, but a search of the grounds led to the discovery of cellar doors. The party followed the underground passage into the basement.

 

The find a large room with a cistern, inside of which is hidden a “go bag” with clothes, money, and potions. They fight Redbrands in a barracks, avoid a trap in the floor, and defeat skeletons in a crypt. They stumble upon slave quarters, where a human woman and her two daughters are caged. The party frees them and sends them to stay with the Alderleafs.

 

The basement opens into a crevasse, where a Nothic guards a treasure chest. After defeating the Nothic and some bugbears, they find the wizard’s workshop. A rat scurries along the floor, and potions are brewing. They break into the small bedroom just in time to see Glass Staff and his rat familiar escape through a secret door.

They follow him, catching up with him in the cistern room. Glass Staff is bound, searched, and interrogated. Barzyne takes his magic staff, as well as his rat, Timothy. A letter on the wizard reveals that he is Iarno Albrek, and that he is working for The Black Spider. Back in Phandalin, Sildar took the prisoner north to Neverwinter to stand trial.