New adventure

Sildar agrees with the honest orc.  “I believe the owner will greatly appreciate you returning their lost goods.”

Plus we dont want to be hauling this stuff everywhere. 

ooc: i’d also be interested in 2 scimitars and at least 3 arrows (if i get any more then that add 1 quiver). money i feel like an even split is best. I’d be interested in trying to get the statue appraised. if the wagon had room we could take the unwanted stuff that is easy to transport and see if we can trade it... maybe get a bonus.

Decisions that need to be made: loot, where next Phandalin or Cragmaw Castle or stay put, Killing the goblin.

Ill take the lesser

And i vote for phandalin

Maybe we can sell some of the stuff people don’t want in town.  I will take the less amount in exchange for getting the Morningstars unless someone wants one.

 I think there are 7 of us now. 

Akaas, Arafiel, Boghadair, me (Ian), Johnson, Thagakh, and Tyrus.

The amounts are actaully equal. 

I vote for Phandalin 

Ooc:  will be busy the next bit , but will try to chip in when I can.   

The half-orc grabs Sildar and raises both of their arms to vote for Phandalin

"We still have our initial cargo. The faster we deliver, the earlier we can find boss dwarf. By majority count of arms raising, Phandalin is definitely our destination."

ooc: i already killed the goblin after he spilled the beans

i already took care of the goblin. to the half orc you are interesting my literal minded friend and I agree Phandalin is the best course.

Taking his share of the loot, Tyrus says "We need to finish this part of our duty and bring the goods to Phandalin. But let us not tarry too long. Every hour we tarry is an hour that Gundren lies in goblin hands."

I agree let’s get these supplies and collect our wages.

With a majority agreeing to head to Phandalin, the 15 mile walk begins.  After calculating the coin, the total was divided out to the group.  Agreements on weapons was not finalized.  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 built on old fieldstone foundations. More old ruins — crumbling stone walls covered in ivy and 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.

Sildar seems much more at ease.

“My friends,” he says, “let us secure lodgings. I’m told the local inn is very quaint.”

Finally, a night in which I don't have to shack up in a barn on a stranger's kindness, Tyrus thinks.

"A sound idea, Sildar. I believe we have a job to finish first, however." Tyrus motions toward the wagon rolling alongside them.

Sildar recalls the original agreement that they would be payed  twenty five gold pieces each for escorting his supplies safely to Barthen’s Provisions, a trading post in Phandalin.  He points out the direction says he will meet up with the group later with his fee for their escort.

The half-orc asks Sildar

"You seem to know a lot about Phandalin. Thagak wants to know if you have any places to recommend."

 OOC

31 gp, 185 sp, 701 cp = 3100 + 1850 + 701= 5651 cp divided by 7 = 8007 or 8 gp and 7 cp with 2 cp left over. Unless anyone disagrees each character could add 8 gp and 7 cp to their total.

Sildar points them to Barthen’s Provisions.  He tells them Barthen’s is the biggest trading post in Phandalin. Its shelves stock most ordinary goods and supplies, including backpacks, bedrolls, rope, and rations. The place is open from sunup to sundown. Barthen’s does not stock weapons or armor, but characters can purchase other adventuring gear here, with the exception of items that cost more than 25 gp. Characters in need of weapons or armor are directed to the Lionshield Coster.

The proprietor is Elmar Barthen, a lean and balding human male shopkeeper of fifty years with a kindly manner. He employs a couple of young clerks (Ander and Thistle), who help load and unload wagons and who wait on customers when Barthen isn’t around.

 Sildar says to meet him at the Stonehill Inn after Barthens.

The half-orc moves the wagon

"Let's go to the trading post so we can get paid. Maybe we could ask what to do with these 'Lionshield Coster' stamped crates you guys found."