Session 4: Into the Manor

The victorious party was approached by Halia Thornton who offered 100 gold for defeating the leader of the Redbrands, Glasstaff, who has a Goblin in his hideout under Tesendar Manor who knows the location of Cragmaw Castle. She let the heroes rest in the back room of the Miner Exchange while Goh left to gamble at the inn. While resting, Stevil, who was visited by Kord while unconscious, told the team he'd been given a mission by his god and implored them for help, but his comrades were skeptical and non-committal. The team then went to the Sleeping Giant and drank until a lone Redbrand appeared, but he ran away while the party debated how to chase him.

The heroes scouted the Manor and found a cellar door. They hid and soon three Redbrand's emerged that were easily defeated by the party’s ambush. The team then ventured into the cellar and made a ruckus when Blumpkin started banging open barrels searching for loot. The team barricaded a door to the West and entered a hallway to the North. A trap-door opened under Pog, but he was unhurt after he grabbed (barely) a ledge, and then helped the party navigate over the treacherous pit with a rope. They soon entered a crypt with three inanimate skeletons, but before they could investigate they heard a woman's scream and the sounds of beating from a room next door. They rushed forward but the three skeletons came to life to stop them, although they were easily dispatched by the heroes.

The team burst through the door and found two Redbrands and Thel's missing family who were imprisoned and about to be sold into slavery. The party was shocked when they saw the women had been savagely beaten and chained naked to the floor with a range of depravities inflicted upon them by the Redbrands. They unleashed their righteous fury on the two guards, and easily crushed them. They freed the family and were rewarded with the location of a valuable family heirloom in the ruins of an old store in the village of Thundertree, which was overrun by undead 30-years ago.

The heroes returned to the crypt and found a locked door through a hallway to the north. Pog deftly picked the lock and discovered that it contained a multitude of weapons and ammunition the team used to restock and upgrade their equipment. While they looted the team was discovered by Donton Clinald, who was sent by Tuggie Two-bone from Neverwinter to deliver a message to Pog about an opportunity and escort him back to Neverwinter. Pog refused and Stevil convinced Donton to join the party to keep an eye on Pog until he was ready to leave. The team then passed through a secret door to a storage area connected to a cavernous room with a large crevasse in the center spanned by two small bridges.