Raithe perception: 19

(Active perception 18+)

You hear the creaking of a door coming from somewhere above you to the east. Followed by a faint “I’ll ... look then.”

Perception : 7

Cadence leans against the wall, and casts a message spell to Raithe, "Well, goblins fill this place. That seals the case. How do we get this door open so we can sneak around? While of course not making a sound." 

Shortly after you send your message Cadence, a goblin appears at the top of the stairs. He looks positively shocked to see two figures crouched next to the castle...

(everyone feel free to post an action, if you all manage to down him in one round... mostly quietly. The element of surprise will be maintained.)

Raithe's bow is in her hands immediately and loosing an arrow:

Attack: 21 Damage: 7

Sneak attack if applicable: 8

Advantage roll if it's really surprised: 20 

Cadence's sword whisks from her sheath and her staff spins as she tries to strike him with both. Though her face looks a bit surprised, her body moves without any hesitation.

Staff : Attack: 6 Damage: 2

Shortsword : Attack: 25 Damage: 9

In a flurry of motion Cadence closes the distance with the goblin as Raithe looses a well aimed arrow over her shoulder. The arrow embeds itself in the creatures throat as it tries to call out a warning to the rest of the castle. Cadence misses with her staff, but recovers quickly and hits it with the flat side of her sword, causing the goblin to slump down to the floor in the southeast corner from the door it just came from. 

Standing at the southern door to the castle, which you notice is made of out solid iron with a solid pull ring and fancy looking keyhole, you peer into the room beyond. There’s a curtain of some unknown type of fabric hanging some 20-25 feet from you and there seems to be an opening to the west just inside this door.

As you take this moment to examine your surroundings, you hear an occasional clatter of crockery and angry goblins arguing over whether the dishes need cleaning. That seems to be coming from the western passage. 

Cadence looks to Raithe and winks, in a magical whisper she says, "Perhaps we should hide the body. We don't want our stealth attempt to be shoddy." 

However, not waiting, she sneaks into through the door. She glances around the room, and approaches, the curtain on the wall, using her staff to push it aside as she looks for secret doors. Then she glances back at the doorway and waves for the group to follow. 

Raithe slides the body off to the side, but stops as Cadence just wanders into the castle. She looks back in the direction of the others, her eyebrows rise, she shrugs, and the quietly follows at a distance, hoping to cover Cadence from whatever goblin presence the wizard will alarm.

Stealth: 21

Nova remains crouched, watching the two ahead take out a goblin and begin maneuvering inside. Not entirely sure what’s ever expected of her from the lead, she’d just hang tight and wait for Velda’s direction on how she wants them to approach.

Velda would tense up at seeing the goblin, but being too far away to realistically do anything, she would remain hidden for now. At Cadence's signal, Velda would pat WolfNova on the side, to motion her to approach the castle quitely, so that they were closer by, should they need to intervene.

Making your way to the curtain that’s roughly 25 feet from the door you entered, you notice a wooden door reinforced with vertical iron bands on your left that is just past the door you just came through. You figure it leads to the room that was above you head a few moments ago. Speaking of above your head, the ceiling is 15 feet above you. You also notice that the floor consists of flagstones that are cracked and uneven.

It would seem this castle has seen better days. That much was obvious from the outside, but it’s even more apparent now. Finally arriving at the curtain, you gently move it aside with your staff. Revealing another curtain 15 feet further north and two additional doors. One to the east. And another to the west.

Meanwhile Wolfnova and Velda make it to the bottom of the exterior stairs and Raithe is just inside the exterior iron door, when another goblin exits the door Cadence just past. “Yeah I’ll see what’s taken em so long. Probably stopped to piss over the stairs” you hear it say as he closes the door and turns to see Raithe standing there bow at the ready...

Cadence slips through the curtain quickly, and listens to see what happens with Raithe. 

Listening and sniffing intently, Nova remained crouched at the ready. She'd attune herself to Velda's body language, prepared to react in a way that would give the warrior the best advantage to her future actions.

Raithe dex save:  24

Raithe hears the goblin to her left and manages to quickly press herself against the wall and out of its line of sight. The goblin continues to the iron door.

(I assumed you left it open. Though I don’t recall seeing anything one way or the other. Anything you would like to do Raithe as it rounds the corner?)

The goblin continues towards the door whistling a jaunty tune to himself. He pauses for a moment when he sees the door open but doesn’t see his companion. “Must have stepped outside...” He then makes his way towards the stairs where Velda is sitting astride Nova. 

Raithe's blade is readied for an attack from close behind as soon as she can see the goblin about to see Nova and Velda.

If WolfNova could smell the on coming goblin, she'd give a gentle buck to alert Velda to be ready.