New Friends?

Sometime after my arrival in my hometown I received news that I should keep my distance from the tower for some time. This seems odd as it was not intended as punishment but rather a warning? I will not begrudge fate if it allows me freedom for a while longer but I also worry as to the state of my current home for as to instead of calling me back has told me to stay away. As I, myself am not so powerful as to be able to ascertain the state of the tower from my current position I decided that I would need to accumulate funds and hone my skills until I heard a summons to return or could gather that it was safe to do so. As much as I ejoy my time with my own kind I must concede that if I were to accomplish this I would have to leave them, at least temporarily. I decided to travel south and east since with the war going on going North is a fools errand and going west would lead me close to Gildengaurd whereupon if they discovered me would surely try to take me back to the tower by force. So, giving them a wide birth and being mindful of the dreadwastes I made my way South east. Whereupon during my wanderings I quickly became lost. If I did not happen to stumble upon something that had seemed like a road and shortly thereafter something akin to caravan of pilgrims, telling me about their journey to create a new settlement by order of the king with great rewards promised to those who are the most useful, I'm certain I would have wandered until I became Gnoll food. Leaping at the oppurtunity to prove myslef and to gain some kind of income I followed the caravan back to the dreary little tent city that they called home.
 
I did not have long to wait for a chance as the next day after my arrival a rather highborn looking fellow with a small entorage of servants called upon the dining tent and pitched a job to the group that had gathered. It seemed simple enough, chart a set of caves that the knights had discovered to the north and make them safe. Whilst being in the wilderness and delving caves was not something I was entirely keen to do, I latched onto this as a means for further activities should we prove successful. A few other souls, A fisherman weilding some type of dwarven technology from another country, a worshiper of nature who seemed keen on making friends with my pet Luna, and a rather dim-witted young person who seemed to only want to go for the enjoyment of a possible fight. We left that afternoon.
 
Proving themselves able trackers my companions and I arrived after 3 days of travel. There were a great many more caves than we were originally led to believe but we ssoon chose one and ventured inside where we were promptly set upon by a gang of goblins. So caught off-guard were we that we nearly perished and decided to retreat to muster ourselves some new strength before we continue in again.