I sewer we'll listen to the gypsy next time. The campaign begins.
Most players get at least a little solo time to establish their characters.
Newt loses his purse. They agree to work for Ethuilas, Istar of Porosiant, for one silver piece a day. The message, as Flip noted in his post, called for the bearers' executions. Yeah, it was a test. The party encounters the Ithilien Bandits and drives them off.