Cragmaws

The **Cragmaws** were a goblinoid tribe operating in the environs of the southern portion of Neverwinter Wood. They were hired by the Black Spider to assist in apprehending Gundren Rockseeker, as well as provide extra muscle for the Redbrands.

The tribe has been all but wiped out by Plan B.

## **Organization Structure**

The tribe consisted of bugbears, hobgoblins, and goblins. They also utilized other various creatures, including wolves, gricks, and an owlbear.

### **Leadership**

* **King Grol**: bugbear, tribal leader, based in Cragmaw Castle; deceased
	+ **Snarl**: Grol's pet wolf
* **Klarg**: bugbear, leader of Cragmaw Hideout; deceased
	+ **Ripper**: Klarg's pet wolf
* **Yeemik**: goblin, second-in-command of Cragmaw Hideout; deceased

## **Other Notable Members**

### **Cragmaw Castle**

* **Yegg**: goblin, chief cook; deceased
* **Lhupo**: goblin, acolyte of Maglubiyet; deceased

## **Episode Appearances**

### **"To Phandalin" (1x01)**

While traveling on the Triboar Trail to Phandalin, Plan B finds the horses of Gundren and Sildar Hallwinter laying dead in the road. They are then ambushed by a group of four goblins belonging to the Cragmaw tribe. The heroes discover the goblins previously ambushed the dwarf and his escort, and find a trail of goblin tracks leading north.

### **"Redbrand Roughhousing" (1x02)**

Following the trail, the heroes locate Cragmaw Hideout. They dispatch two goblins guarding the entrance, and find an additional six goblins in the eastern portion of the cave, along with a kennel of three wolves and the hideout's leader, the bugbear Klarg and his pet wolf Ripper. They dispatch all they find, but keep Klarg alive for questioning.

### **"Here Be Goblins" (1x03)**

Through the interrogation, the heroes learn from Klarg that the ambush was orchestrated by the Black Spider who had hired King Grol and the Cragmaws to abduct Gundren. Klarg is then killed.

Exploring the western portion of the hideout, they discover an additional six goblins, including the hideout's second-in-command Yeemik. The goblins are watching over a weak and injured Sildar. During the ensuing combat to free him, Krisella is killed by Yeemik.

### **"Liberation of Phandalin" (1x05)**

The wizard Glasstaff is forced to surrender inside his headquarters below Tresendar Manor. He informs the heroes that the Black Spider sent some members of the Cragmaws to help provide some additional muscle. The party decides to vacate the manor without confronting them.

### **"Into the Neverwinter Wood - Part 1" (1x06)**

The heroes infiltrate Cragmaw Castle and begin exploring the western section. They encounter and kill a total of 17 goblins (including the head chef Yegg and the priest Lhupo), four hobgoblins, and one grick. They also manage to recover Sildar's stolen gear amongst the castle's supplies.

### **"Into the Neverwinter Wood - Part 2" (1x07)**

Moving on to the eastern portion of Cragmaw Castle, Plan B encounters and kills an additional two hobgoblins, an owlbear, a doppelganger disguised as a female drow, a wolf, and the Cragmaws' leader, the bugbear King Grol. Inside Grol's chambers, they locate the tortured dwarf Gundren as well as his map to Wave Echo Cave.

### **"The Hollow of Dominion - Part 1" (1x15)**

The heroes are notified that a small remnant of Cragmaw goblins have been terrorizing and killing sheep in the fields south of Phandalin. Plan B manages to kill all but one.