Phandalin

More than five hundred years ago, clans of dwarves and gnomes made an agreement known as the Phandelver's Pact, by which they would share a rich mine in a wondrous cavern known as Wave Echo Cave. In addition to its mineral wealth, the mine contained great magical power. Human spellcasters allied themselves with the dwarves and gnomes to channel and bind that energy into a great forge (called the Forge of Spells), where magic items could be crafted. Times were good, and the nearby human town of Phandalin (pronounced fan-duh-lin) prospered as well. But then disaster struck when ores swept through the North and laid waste to all in their path. A powerful force of ores reinforced by evil mercenary wizards attacked Wave Echo Cave to seize its riches and magic treasures. Human wizards fought alongside their dwarf and gnome allies to defend the Forge of Spells, and the ensuing spell battle destroyed much of the cavern. Few survived the cave-ins and tremors, and the location of Wave Echo Cave was lost. For centuries, rumors of buried riches have attracted treasure seekers and opportunists to the area around Phandalin, but no one has ever succeeded in locating the lost mine. In recent years, people have resettled the area. Phandalin is now a rough-and-tumble frontier town.

Phandalin has no functioning government but elects a townmaster each year to keep records and manage small disputes.

## Locations

* Stonehill Inn
	+ Description: modest inn with 6 rooms
	+ Inkeeper: Toblen Stonehill
	+ Barkeep: Trilena Stonehill

* Barthen's Provisions
	+ Description: trading post with common goods
	+ Owner: Elmar Barthen
	+ Young Clerks: Ander and Thistle
* Lionshield Coster
	+ Description: "Above the door a sign shaped like a wooden shield with a blue lion painted on it." Owned by the Lionshields, a merchant company based in the city of Yartar
	+ Run by Linene Graywind
	+ Sells armor and weapons in the back
* Miner's Exchange
	+ Trading post where local miners have their valuable finds weighed, measured, and paid out.
	+ In the absence of any local lord or authority, the exchange also serves as an unofficial records office, registering claims to various streams and excavations around the area
	+ Guildmaster is Halia Thornton
* Alderleaf farm
* Shrine of Fortune
	+ Sister Garaele lives here
* The Sleeping Giant
	+ a bar on the seedy part of town. usually a lot of redbrands here (so now it's a cop bar)
* The Angry Walnut
	+ a comfy little bar
* Townmaster's Hall
	+ Has sturdy stone walls, a pitched, wooden roof, and a belltower at the back.
	+ Current Townmaster is Harben Wester
* Tresendar Manor
	+ The party burned this down. Rebuilding is being overseen by Darcy Falco

## **Important NPCs**

* Dendrar Family
	+ Mirna (mom), Nars (son, 13), and Nilsa (daughter, 18)
	+ The party saved them from the Redbrands after they were imprisoned. The Redbrands killed Thel (the father). The party recovered an heirloom of the Dendrars, an emerald necklace, from Thundertree as payment.
* Toblen Stonehill
	+ Innkeeper/Owner of Stonehill Inn
* Elmar Barthen
	+ Owns Barthen's Provisions, trading post
	+ lean and balding human male shopkeeper of fifty years with a kindly manner
* Daran Edermath
	+ Member of the Order of the Gauntlet
* Linene Graywind
	+ runs the lionshield coster
	+ sharp-tongued human woman of thirty-five
* Halia Thornton
	+ guildmaster of the miner's exchange, member of zhentharim
	+ an ambitious and calculating human woman. short, with short brown hair and sharp features. Thin eyebrows, thin lips, narrowed eyes.
* Alderleaf Family
	+ Qelline Alderleaf
		- A wise female halfling of forty-five, Qelline Alderleaf is a pragmatic farmer who seems to know everything that goes on in town
	+ Carp
		- voice: stuffed up nose, personality: excitable, adventurous. wants to be an adventurer
		- Young son
* Moragon
	+ A Nothic the party lmet in Tresendar Manor
	+ Last told the party he is in 'agriculture'. (He's made friends with Carp and sees him in the barn sometimes)
* Droop
	+ talks like Droopy the dog
	+ easily subjectable goblin who does whatevr people tell him to do
	+ currently workinig for the redbrands
* Sister Garaele
* Harbin Wester
	+ Townmaster of Phandalin
	+ big wimp, nervous, sweats a lot and is fat
* Sildar Hallwinter
* Reidoth
	+ succinct, old druid who knows where everything in the region is
* Darcy Falco
	+ Head of the Redbrands, overseeing rebuilding of Tresendar Manor
	+ Friends (and in cahoots) with Halia
	+ Halfling with short black hair