Road to Phandalin

Relgalyn will walk up to the bell and ring it.

Dain stands back as he waits to see if someone answers the bell. 

Zurzg cocks his head as the sound snaps his attention away from a bird in a nearby tree.  He bounds over to the bell, sniffing it as the noise dies down, before grabbing the rope and pulling down on it repeatedly, mischievous smile on his face.

"An ominous feel to this place given the mist." Nobody comments on while eyeing the nearby ground. "Here is hoping that is simply the paranoia talking, and nothing more sinister... Heheh." He looks with a sheepish smile to the others then directed his attention back the bell's general area.

Relgalyn, Zurzg and Margret, you are close enough to the door to notice an older human face when a small window opens in the door.

„Good after...“  his voice stocks for a second when he sees the odd mix your group is made up of.

„Good afternoon, welcome to Falcoons hunting lodge. I am Master Stellerns retainer Corwin, how may we help you?“

Otrov busies herself looking around and keeping watch the way they came. He looks around for a few promising twigs or flowers to weave into her hair and gear, thinking about how to go about making a camouflaged cloak of some sort. She pays no mind to Corwin, happy to let others handle it. 

She wiggles her fingers and Zurzg hears in his mind "Stop that you silly goose! You'll call the dragon to dinner.."  she laughs dryly. 

She approaches hoping a decent looking woman will put the man at ease

"Well met, I'm Margret. And these are my friends." She gestures to each person, "Zurzg, Relgalyn, Kai, Nobody, Otrov, and Dain"

she looks around and adds flatly  said 

"Some call us the Heroes of Phandalin but we could use a guide."

Feeling awkward, She nudges Relgalyn to take over thinking that bards do this sort of thing

Relgalyn flinches a little at the nudge and looks at her for a second before realizing what she wants, “Ow, oh, yes. Heroes of Phandalin, really? Anyway, it was suggested we find you so you could help us find a goblin stonghold or something where we could find their kidnapped employer.” Turning back to Margret, “That is why we’re here, right?”

She was about to go into Marco's senses after the Screech Owl lands on the palisade Margret looks upwards with her eyes only, then back to Relgalyn with a more assertive voice

"Yes we are and we need to find Castle Cragmaw. And since we are here some food and rest"

(any applicable rolls with this  Corwin)

„So you are looking for a guide, are you? The Master can help you with that. There is only the small problem of safety. I will cast a small spell, anyone close to this gatehouse will be unable to lie. So please answer as simple as possible.“

Anyone close to the gate must make a Charisma save. If you fail (DC 12) or chose to fail you will be unable to lie as long as you are within 15 ft of the gate. The spell lasts for 10 minutes.

„Do you mean any harm to those who live here?“

"No, so long as they mean no harm to me."

CHA: 10

The goblin's face scrunches up as he does his best to resist the spell.  He looks up at Corwin with an eager look on his face.  "Zurzg not kill anyone because Zurzg going to kill big boss King Grol with tall-folk, and Zurzg not know the way.  Zurzg want to be big boss of own tribe of goblins in future, but if Zurzg weak big boss, goblin horde might want to pillage and kill, and Zurzg might have to pillage and kill too to remain big boss.  If Zurzg good big boss, Zurzg might spare those who got Zurzg to power, especially if Zurzg gets bacon."  He smiles a big toothy grin at Corwin, then suddenly realises the spell got the better of him, and quickly covers his mouth with both hands.

Corwin lifts an eyebrow in light of Zurzgs revelations, but nods. You hear a heavy bar being moved and the door opens.

„Welcome to Falcons hunting lodge.“

He leads you inside the main building. A gallery filled with a display of trophies opens up above an oak dinner table and chairs. Two iron chandeliers hang from the high rafter. Corwin asks you to wait here, while he gets Falcon.

"Nice."  Dain says as he takes in the place.

At the sound of the door opening, Otrov bounds over to the building, weaving her small frame through the legs of the tall folk.  "Cool," Otrov breathes, looking around the room.  She immediately sets off looking around, poking her face over there, touching items over there.  She tries to see if there is anything that she sees that might help her create something "super sneaky and camouflage-y" that she can wear.  "This is awesome!" she mouths to the group, continuing to look around at the trophies and items, especially on the lookout for ideas and anything "shiny" 

Perception:  18

Margret looks on at the place rustic but not too rustic

"Nice, its almost like home but ours are Crystal. Remind me to invest in a pig farm for our ambitious Zurzg."

then she mouths back to the halfling 

"Don't touch"

Realising my description is a bit misleading. You enter the compound through the small gatehouse on the west side. Across a yard there is a big main building. A small house is to your left (north) and a stable on the southside. 

Otrov still does the above except it’s not outside, so she’ll look in windows and fiddle around with stuff, totally in awe and looking. She looks back at Magret confused, she whispers back “Did you say, ‘touch it’?  Touch what?  This?  No?  The window?”  
She looks around, conflicted, but continues to look at interesting things. 

She finally resorts to Magic and says in a message mentally

"You may study but don't touch things please we do not need to wear out our welcome"

She wonders if the concept of ownership is ingrained in Otrov

then she realizes what she's doing and shrugs

walks over to Nobody lays her head on his shoulder

"Forgive me I hope you don't mind. but I've got a headache"

A deep in thought but still following along Nobody immediately tenses up at the contact. If not for some semblance of composure and kindness in place, he might've tried to slip away immediately, instead of looking at Magret warily from the corner of an eye. "I... Don't... Mind, I suppose. E-everyone else is less convienent, come to think of it." He said, noting that aside from maybe Kai and Relgalyn, most barely came up to the lanky tieflings navel, if even that.

"Th-though Miss Kai might have a remedy for a headache, you know." He suggest.