MC1S9

## In Shining Armor

Cragmaw Castle is cleaned out.

“
*"People of Phandalin, you are safe!"*
”
— An Aldian Lion Knight far from his jurisdiction
**In Shining Armor** was the 9th session of the Lost Mines of Colmanth mini-campaign.

## Summary

The party finishes cleaning up Cragmaw Castle, and discovers Gundren was killed by the Goblins in a gruesome sacrifice. Herbie and Genevieve demand answers from the Goblin Shaman, but receive only insults in exchange. The party bury Gundren and deliver some final words in his honor before settling in for the night. The next morning, the party heads out to Phandalin, but discovers a troupe of Lion Knights headed for Conyberry. At the village, they discover that dispatching the Redbrands has resulted in the village growing significantly. Sildar and Daran have organized a town militia. The party tell the two of their adventures, but are interrupted by the Lion Knights, who arrive at the scene, boldly claiming "People of Phandlalin: you are safe!"

## NPCs

* **Gundren Rockseeker:** The leader of the expedition to Wave Echo Mine. He appears to have been sacrified to the heathenous Goblin Gods.
* **Caleth Everar:** The Lion Knights claim Caleth to be a powerful Divinator.
* **Vyerith:** The Lion Knights claim Vyerith to be a powerful Evocator.
* **Sir Moriset Chabert:** The leader of the troupe of Aldian Lion Knights that arrive in the area around Phandalin. Claim to be after the Banshee, but develop some sort of hero complex around Phandalin.

## Inventory

### Gained

* 100 gold from Daran for the Orcs.
* 500 gold and a bag of holding from the Duchy for the Cragmaws.
* 20 sticks of dynamite.

## Quests

### New

* **The Spiders's Web (Everyone):** Defeat the Black Spider.
* **The Snake and its Venom (Everyone):** Investigate the rumors of the Dragon at Thundertree.
* **Venture Capitalism (Everyone):** Probe further into getting a smithy established in Phandalin.

### Ongoing

* **For the Glory of doG (Herbie and Sofiel):** Return to Sister Garaele once she has fully healed from her recent misadventure.
* **Ascending to doGhood (Herbie):** Acquire Divinity by freeing 1000 dogs or wolves. 3 / 1,000
* **The Village Squirrel (Sofiel):** Rescue Reidroth from Thundertree.

### Completed

* **The Missing Dwarf (Everyone):** Find Gundren's whereabouts. Discover the exact location of Cragmaw Castle. Question the captive Goblin for information about Cragmaw Castle's location. Find out what happened to Gundren.

## Reflections

* Genevieve: "Well, we survived, thanks to Sofiel...but it looks like no-one else did. None of the orcs, none of the goblins or bugbears - and Gundren. We were too late to save him. Why did we waste time with that stupid necromancer?! The whole point of us staying in Phandalin was to find Gundren, and now that he's dead, it's all been for nothing? No, I take that back, it hasn't - just days after we finished off the Redbrands, the town is flourishing. They have dozens of miners and new arrivals and even a town militia. Even if we failed Gundren, we haven't failed this town. We can still do this. We can find the Lost Mine and finish Gundren's work. The Spider and his forces will pay."
* Sofiel: "I'm sorry we didn't arrive sooner Gundren. I hope you can rest easily now at least that you are out of the captivity of the Cragmaws. We will need to inform his brothers about his death, so they can make the necessary arrangements for his funeral. It's a good sign that the Lion Knights have come in to help the town. There has been enough trouble recently, and it took outsiders coming in to help get the town back on its feet. Having the necessary protection and law in place will make this area safer again. Hopefully they are here to stay, and the nearby nobility takes interest in protecting this town from outside threats. There has already been so many problems, they will need the help if the town is going to continue to grow as it already has."

## Appendix

Lost Mines of Colmanth Sessions
**Chapter 1: The Frontier**. Session 1 · Session 2 · Session 3 · Session 4 · Session 5 · Session 6 · Session 7
 Session 8 · **Session 9** · Session 10 · Session 11 · Session 12