First battle together

I headed to Ramoth Creek as quickly as I could. It was only a day or two travel for me, and I knew where to go. After a quick stop at home which only surprised my parents and made them think I was going loony, I headed west out of town and found a good ambush point on the road. I started a fire there and waited for the rest of Erde's chosen to find me.
 
An elven druid named Uvarum showed up and we each revealed the mark that Erde had put on us. A bit later 4 more people that had met in town found us. No more showed, and so we prepared. They were a dwarven warrior named Luthor, a half-orc warrior named Kursk, an elven archer named Putzmeister, a human woman (a thief, it seems) named Bawdy, the elven druid and I. A very mixed group to be sure, and all of us young and inexperienced.
 
We scouted out two good ambush sites, then camped nearby them and watched them. Skippy kept watch at one while the druid's wolf, Nozdrul followed them in also. Our plan was to let them arrive, then catch them as they rested waiting for dawn. They didn't rest, but immediately set up the ambush and stayed on guard. We decided to circle around and attack from their rear. It worked beautifully, They had 6 on one side of the road, including the two archers in the trees, and 4 more on the other side of the road. I enchanted their swords and they rushed in. The four on the ground were quickly killed, and the two in trees took a bit longer. All this happened so fast that the others were just arriving as the sixth died.
 
We charged the 4 and took more damage with these as they were ready for us and one tougher one was there. Still, they went down quickly. Two surrendered in the end and one wounded one was bandaged and saved from immediate death. We questioned them a bit there, took two into town where they will be executed, and the third lead us to their main camp in exchange for his life. Goblins are clearly despicable creatures. At their camp we mostly found noncombatants who put up little resistance. He also told us their story and we also found a crude map and written orders from the goblin leader, who had died even before we met them, probably in a skirmish with an elven patrol. We did get his spellbook!
 
A dragon named Aginor, who lives in a swamp to the northwest, has commanded the goblins to find humans and take them prisoner. Young and female captives were preferred. They were then to be returned to the river delta on the edge of the swamp. The one goblin was very afraid of the dragon, but otherwise knew few details. We honored our bargain and released him.