Lost Mines, Lost Labs, and Lost Hope (RobJFalcon's Campaign)

Shillelagh atk.  20          Dmg.      8

Fjolnir jumps off the far corner of the cart catching a little air with his boots, to slow-motion land Hew into the skull.

Hew 18   dmg 7  

The skull goes down again, this time dangling from the back of the cart.

Absinthe reluctantly unlocks the cuffs around its mandible and digs a hole to place the skull into, and buries it.

You make it back to Phandalin within the hour. It's getting close to sunset.

We take Nezznar straight to Sidlar in the town hall building.

Dustfinger escorts Nundro to the healer, and pays some urchin a silver to send for Gundren. 

(OK, Dustfinger go ahead and remove a silver. I know, big deal right?)

Dustfinger has Nundro in front of the cleric just before she's about to leave the shrine of luck. The child 7 runs off with your silver, never to be seen again. The cleric casts a small cure wounds spell on him and he immediately seems to have more energy and some of the wounds on his face heal up.

Dirk snores about 8 miles away in a cave.

The rest of you escort the bound Nezznar into the town hall, where both Sildar and Gundren are seated on opposite sides of a desk and abruptly stand at your entrance, speaking over one another in excited greeting to the point that you can't understand what either of them is saying. Sildar stops and steps back to let Gundren speak. "Aye! Welcome back, lads! Where... Oh. Did ye not all make it? What of me brothers? Did ye not find them either?" Gundren's eyes start to well up with tears. He seems to not notice yet that you have The Black Spider with you. Sildar, however, locks eyes with Nezznar.

"Your brother Nundro has been taken to the cleric in town for healing. He's a banged up but was walking on his own. Your other brother wasn't as fortunate. His body is on our cart outside. I'm sorry for your loss. The mine has been cleared." 

"Thank ye. If you'll excuse me for a moment." Gundren squeezes around all of you and exits.

Sildar moves toward the group. "If you've taken everything off of him, place him in the cell. I'll move him to Neverwinter for his trial as soon as possible."

Gundren and Nundro reunite and come back into the town hall. "Well if the mine's been cleared, there's a deal we have tae uphold. It'll take a while before we turn a profit, lots of work to do, but you'll know as soon as we do."

Fjolnir searches Nezznar one last time to make sure he hasnt pocketed anything to break free.  investigate 1

"w...where the hell is dirk...? I haven't seen him in hours..."

Nezznar has on his person 1 healing potion and an iron key that's head is shaped like an anvil.

"Dirk?" Sildar says, "We haven't seen him, did you get separated?"

Fjolnir hands the health potion to Sildar "He might need this, we might have walloped his noggin ah time or three",  and then tosses the key to Dustfinger, "Do you remember any locks or doors marked with an anvil?"  he plops down on a stool in the corner, half-answering Sildar, and half musing to himself, "Come to think of it we might've oughta swept the mine... dirk tends to do his own thing sometimes- and if he didnt wander ahead annoyed, he might have stayed behind searching..."

Sildar sets the healing potion on the desk. "Yes, he does look a little beat up. He'll get it if he behaves. At least before trial. Wouldn't want them to think we were mistreating the drow." He curls his lip as he says it. "I plan on organizing a wagon to get him out of here tomorrow, no sense keeping him here longer than he needs to be. Well, Dirk didn't check in here with us if he did come back."

Nezznar pipes up from inside the cell, "That key is for the door to the room the dwarf was in. You had the door open without it."

"The dwarf's name is Nundro!" Nundro yells in frustration.

"Aye, it's ok lad, it's over now. I'll take the key if it's for a room in the mine," Gundren says. "It might prove ta be a good place ta keep valuables."

Gundren Nundro Sidar so you mentioned things will have to be prepared for payment and the mine has to be renovated and whatnot I have a proposal I would like to be head of research I think I can learn alot but more importantly I think it will take the talents of a wizard to get the full value out of the mine. I was hoping to get a leg up by talking to Nezznar but he was of little use. I am confident that I can get not only power for us but can squeeze every drop of value from the establishment. 

Gundren thinks. "We do need ta hire some wizards ta reinforce the magical defenses, maybe bind some new magical creatures ta defend the place... It would be nice to have some magical help, and you're already on the payroll. We'd be glad to have ya, Hymir!"

Excellent i suppose i'll make preparations i may be out as early as the morning however i may need 2 days depending on the errands and items i need to secure. i look forward to uncovering everything. it just so happens that the first errand and item are both located at the bar... i hope Dirks there.

"If you need anything else from us we have lodgings at the tavern. I'll check back in the morning." Az Emberi heads to the tavern.

You get to the bar and Dirk is not there, nor has the bartender seen him.

What next?

"God damn it. Is he still in the mines? We should go back and look for him." I won't go back to the mine by myself but if anyone else is on board I prepare to go back to search for Dirk.

Fjolnir sucks air through his teeth..."Yea- doesn't look like i'm busy doing anything- i'll head with ya. In all the commotion- he was still down there digging around in the ravine I reckon..."