Phandelin

Read aloud, "The rutted track emerges from a wooded hillside, and you catch your first glimpse of Phandalin. The town consists of forty or fifty simple log buildings, some build on old fieldstone foundations. More old ruins-crumbling stone walls covered in ivy briars- surround the newer houses and shops, showing how this must have been a much larger town in centuries past. Most of the newer buildings are set on the sides of the cart track, which widens into a muddy main street of sorts as it climbs toward a ruined manor house on a hillside at the east side of town. As you approach, you see children playing on the town green and townsfolk tending to chores or running errands at shops. Many people look up as you approach, but all return to their business as you go by.
If Sildar Hallwinter is with the party add, "Sildar appears to be more at ease. 'My friends,' he says, 'let us secure lodgings. I am told the local inn is quite quant.'"

Government

Ran by a governor that is elected on a yearly basis.

Infrastructure

Dirt roads.

Assets

Stonehill Inn: Standing in the center of town, the Stonehill Inn stands as a newly built roadhouse of fieldstone and rough-hewn timbers. The common room is filled with locals nursing mugs of ale or cider, all of them eyeing the new arrivals with curiosity. Has six rooms for rent: Sildar Hallwinter will take one if he sruvives the goblin encounter.

Stonehill in

Owner Is a tall half-orc with a slash across his face that has scared over a long period of time. His name is Nors and he wears tattered overalls and plain clothes. He came to Phandelin to prospect in the mines and escape his clan that were not kind to him as a halfbreed. He is disqusted with violence and views the Redbrands and the Governor as scum for commmitting violence against the town and Harbin Wester (governor) for allowing them to do it. He avoids causing trouble with the Redbrands to avoid causing trouble with his adopted kids Rand and Egwene, both humans who have been abandoned by their families and work for Nors in the Sleeping Giant. He can be seen cares for a local cat that breathes with a raspy exhale.

Rumors

Narth is an old farmer who has heard rumors about Sister Garaele, who runs the Shrine of Luck, has been leaving town frequently and returning tired and wounded.
Elsa, the barmaid: Heard that Daran Edermath, the orchard keeper, is a former adventurer and frequently sends letters with the courier out of the town; at a rate only equal to the Governor Harbin Wester.

Lanar, a miner: Orc raiders have been seen on the east side of the Triboar Trail and Harbin Wester has placed a bounty to remove them.

Obden, lumberjack: Thel Dendrar, a local woodcarver, stood up to the Redbrands a tenday ago when they came to his shop and leered at his wife. The ruffians murdered him and several townsfolk saw it happen. They grabbed his body, and his wife and kids have now gone missing.

Rand and Egwene: Qelline Alderleaf's son Carp said he found a secret tunnel in the woods, but the Redbrands almost caught him.

Freda, a weaver: The Redbrands ruffle businesses that do not pay their "tax", they avoid messing with Halia Thornton of the Miner's Exchange though.

All: Redbrands frequent the Sleeping Giant tap house

Barthen Trading Post

The largest trading post in Phandlin, stocked with mostly ordinary supplies such as: backpacks, bedrolls, rope, food stuffs and adventuring gear costing less than 25gp. No weapons, characters looking for them are directed to the Lionshield Coster
Owner is Elmar Barthen, lean and balding human close to fifty years old; is a kind but skiddish character. Elmar will encourage the party to rescue Gundren Rockseeker, someone he admits is an old friend, and he was looking forward to discovering the Lost Mine of Phandlin Pact. If the party did not learn the details from Sildar Hallwinter, a chracter who succeeds a DC 15 earns the information from the first two paragraphs of the "background" section of the introduction. Can be presuaded into offering a reward to rescue the dwarf. Mentions that two more of the Rockseeker brothers, Nundro and Tharden, are camped somewhere outside town. Elmar has not seen them in a tenday and expects them to return in order to resupply.

Delivering the Supplies: The characters will recieve the 10gp that they were each promised and lose possession of the wagon and its' supplies.

If asked about business, Barthen tells them that the Redbrands are making it hard on everyone, shaking down businesses and causing general mayhem.

Lionshield Coster

Hanging above the front door of this modest trading post is a sign shaped like a wooden shield with a blue lion painted on it.
The building is owned by the Lionshields, a merchant company basedin the city of Yartar(100 miles east), they ship finished goods to Phandlin and other small settlements throughout the region. This outpost has been hit hard by banditry, the most recente caravan was attacked and the cargo was captured by the Cragmaw goblins.

Linene Graywind: a sharp-tounged human woman that runs the Phandlin post, she is aware of the caravan raids but not who is at fault.

Linene keeps a supply of weapons and armor, but will not sell to anyone she believes intends to harm the town. Such as the Redbrands.

Recovered Goods: If the characters return the stolen goods found in area 8 of the Cragmaw hideout (or reveal their location) Linene will give the party 50gp and promise to help them in any way she can.

Phandlin Mining Exchange

The place where local miners have their valuable finds weighed, measured, and paid out. The exchange also serves as an unoffical records office, registering claims to various streams and excavations around the area. No gold rush but there is a decent amount of wealth hidden in nearby streams and valleys to support a good number of independent prospectors.

Halia Thornton: The guildmaster for the Mining Exchange, she is both ambitious and calculating. Operates more than as a simple merchant (secretely a member of the Zhentarim, secretely exerting control over the North through wealth and influence starting with Phandlin). Halia does not know the location of the Cragmaw Castle, but (leverages the following infromation to get the party to help with the Redbrandsd) has heard the Redbrands have a goblin minion serving them, she suggests the goblin may now the location of their powerbase.

Redbrands: If Halia believes she can control the characters, she points the characters to eliminate the Redbrands at the Sleeping Giant and the hideout in the Trendesar Manor. She offers the party 100gp to eliminate the Redbrand leader Glasstaff and bring all correspondence they find in the leader's quarters. DC15 Wisdom(insight) check indicates she has ulterior motives for wanting the Redbrand leader dead

Joinging the Zhentarim: If the party removes Glasstaff, she approaches certain members of the party,who share their pursuits of wealth and power, to join the Zhentarim. Even if the Redbrand gang is completely wiped out, Halia may extend the offer to gain friends (and spies) within the party. All who accept recieve the title Fang.

The Sleeping Giant

A rundown tap house that is a dirty and dangerous watering hole at the end of Phandlin's main street. It is frequented by Redbrand thugs and operated by a surly female dwarf named Grista. If the characters visit or passs by the establishment they recieve the redbrand ruffians encounter.

Redbrands Ruffian Encounter:The Sleeping Giant is a ramshackle taproom at the east end of town. Four human ruffians linger on the covered porch, perched on empty ale barrels or leaning against the wall. They wear grimy scarlet cloaks, their sullen stares fixed on you as you approach. One of the thugs spits on the ground and snarls, "Well, well, here's a whole pack of little puppies. What do you want, come here to bark at us?"

If the party does not approach the Sleeping Giant the ruffians seek them out. Read aloud: As you head back into the street, you see four armed scurpolous men waiting for you. All of them are humans wearing grimy red cloaks, their hands on their weapons as they watch you. One of them says, "Time for you to move on strangers, give us your stuff and be on your way." If three ruffians are defeated the third runs back to Tresendar Manor.

Ruffian Developments: Captured or charmed ruffians can impart useful information. Warbin won't keep Redbrand prisoners until the whole gang has been defeated, can be persuaded or intimidated into changing their mind. Eveyone except the Governor is happy about the Redbrand defeat.
Experience: 400xp is divided among the party.

Alderleaf Farm

Ran by Qelline Alderleaf, a female 45 yearold halfling, a pragmatic farmer who knows all of the happenings of town.

Carp's Story:Carp is a spirited and precocious halfling lad of 10 years. has the desperate desire to be an adventurer and says that he has been playing near the Tresendar Manor when he found a secret tunnel in the thicket and nearly got caught by a pair of Redbrands.

Reidoth the Druid:If the characters suggest they are looking for either Cragmaw Castle or Wave Echo Cave, she reveals that Reidoth may be able to help. He recently left to the ruined town Thundertree, just west of Neverwinter Wood, 50 miles northwest Phandlin.

Shrine of Luck

Phandlin's only temple is a small shrine made of stones taken from the nearby ruins, has the appearance of a hodgepoedge parts that don't belong together. It is dedicated to Tymora, the goddess of luck and good fortune. The scholarly acolyte elf Sister Garaele.

The Banshee's Bargain: Garaela has been taked with undertaking a delicate mission at the will of her superiors. She is attempting to persuade a banshee named Agatha to answer a question about a spellbook. Garaela sought the creature in her liar but it did not appear. Garaela wants an intermediary to bring Agatha a suitable gift (a jeweled silver comb) in attempts to persuade the creature to tell waht she knows about the location of a spellbook belonging t oa legendary mage named Bowgentle. She offers three potions of healing as payment for their efforts.

Joinging the Harpees:The elf privately approaches the members that exemplify the virtues of the network and possess a desire to enact positive change through information and secrecy. Those who join recieve the title Watcher.

Townmaster's Hall

The townmaster's hall has sturdt stone walls, a pitched wooden roof, and a bell tower pertruding out the back. Posted on a board next to the front door is a notice written in Common. Reading, "REWARD- Orcs near Wyvern Tor! Those of a mind to face the orc menace should inquire within." The notice bears the town's seal and an inecipherable signature.

Harbin Wester, a fat and pompous old fool, serves as the Governor. Being completely intimidated by the Redbrands he claims they are like any mercanary group "like your wonderful group". Harbin carries the keys to the hall and to the two jail cells within. He serves as a judge in minor disputes and keeps all town records.

Orc Trouble:Harbin is looking for someone to travel east toward Wyvern Tor and deal with the orcs there. He is offering 100gp to any group that solves the problem.

Finding Cragmaw Castle:Sildar Hallwinter establishes himslef at the hall after resting at the Stonehill. He has multiple goals; bringing law and order to Phandlin by finding Wave Echo Cave and help the Rockseeker brothers operate there. He offers the party 500gp if they can locate the Cragmaw Castle and defeat or drive off the tribe's chieftain. He suggests looking around the lands close to the Triboar Trail.

Finding Iarno:Sildar learns that Iarno Albrek, a fellow member of the Lord's Alliance, dissapeared while exploring the area around Tresendar Manor about two months ago. Sildar asks the characters to investigate the manor and the surrounding area to find Iarno and bring him back. Iarno is described as a short dark-bearded human wizard in his thirties. Once Sildar learns that Iarno is actually Glasstaff, he expresses his desire to have him captured and transported to Neverwinter to face the judgement of a higher authority. Sildar rewards the party with 200gp for removing the Redbrand threat.

Joining the Lord's Alliance: If the party eliminates the goblin threat from Cragmaw Castle or uncovers Iarno's treachery, Sildar will privately approach certain members of the party and invite them to joing the Lord's Alliance. Those who exemplify the desire for the security of civilization through action, accepters gain the tile Cloak.

Tresendar Manor

Appearing more as a castle than a house, the Tresendar Manor stands at the east edge of town on a low hillside amid woods and thickets.
The manor has been long abandoned but its cellars have been converted into a Redbrand stronghold.

Edermath Orchard

Ran by Daran Endermath, a retired adventurer who lives in a cottage beside an apple orchard. A fat silver haired half-elf well over a hundred years old. Daran served as a marshal and herald for many years in the Dragon Coast.
He is a member of the Order of the Gauntlet, a devout and vigilant group that seeks to protect others from the depredations of evildoers. The order is always redy to smite evil, enfore justice, and enact retribution against any who try to subjugate or harm others. Though inactive in the order he willingly trades news with adventurers.

He is concerned about the Redbrands, especially their leader Glasstaff. Knows the gang frequents the Sleeping Giant but their hideout is in the Tresendar Manor(ruins toward the east end of town).

Old Owl Trouble: Daran has heard stories from prospectors in the hills northeast of Phandlin that someone is digging around the ruins of Old Owl Well. Prospectors have reported beung chased from the area by undead. He asks the characters to visit the ruins on a two-day march northeast of Phandlin. Daran knows that the ruins are from an old watchtower of an ancient magical empire known as Netheril and is concerned that dangerous magic could be dormant there.

Joining the Order of the Gauntlet: Daran will approach certain members of the party if they deal with the Redbrands in a manner that reflects the values of the order. All who accept will earn the title Chevall.

Guilds and Factions

Order of the Gauntlet- Daran Edermath Zhentarim- Halia Thornton Redbrands Lord's Alliance- Sildar Hallwinter

Type

Village

Owner/Ruler

Harbin Wester