We approach city of Phandalin we see that it's a city of about 50 buildings or so and is obviously a mining town. As we walk through the city streets we pass by Barthen’s Provisions and make our way to The Stonehill Inn for the night. We meet Toblerone and his family who rent us rooms for the night.

While at the bar, Ari speaks with Toblerone who tells us of a newer group of fiends named the Red Capes. They have been causing trouble in the town and staying at the Sleeping Giant. He tells us of Harbin Wester, a “fat and pompous old fool” who is the townmaster of Phandalin.

After securing lodging we venture back to Barthen’s Provisions and meet Barthen who is very familiar with Gundren and his brothers. We sold him the mining cart we had been escorting. We do a brief bit of shopping and head back to the Stonehill Inn.

Approaching the Inn, we see Toblerone being accosted by 4 of the Red Capes. Pearl scares them off as they head east, towards the Sleeping Giant.

• • • Toblerone also shares that his friend Thel attempted to stand up to the Red Capes a few weeks ago, but they beat him up and took him to the Sleeping Giant.

Sildar pays us the 50 gold he promised for a safe voyage to Phandalin. He mentions that he cannot find his friend, Yarno, a human wizard in his 30s with a large beard, who went to explore Tredsendar’s Manor a few weeks ago and never returned. We will pay us 200 gold to find his friend.

In the morning, we venture down to the Stonehill Inn and eat brunch. We then venture down to the Townmaster’s Hall where we meet Samantha.

• • • We meet with Wester who are useless and not concerned about the Red Capes. We are ushered out of Townmaster’s Hall.

We venture East to the Sleeping Giant where we find 4 Red Capes sitting on the porch who are not friendly. A fight ensues and Yrdlyn is knocked unconscious. After a short rest, we venture to Tredsendar’s Manor. We approach a castle-looking building that stands on a hill. We enter and find a large cellar room with stone steps that descend further underground.

Summary

• We arrive in Phandalin and deliver Sildar to safety

• We learned of the Red Capes, who have been harassing townsfolk and manage to fight four of them off

• We head off toward Tredsendar's Manor to search for Yarno