Five travellers met in the Grey Goose Inn in the town of Wellune, Cormir. We were eating, drinking and swapping tales.

We introduced ourselves as:

Laranthir, a bard

Tambar Ghavir, a cleric to the Morning Lord, Lathandar

Vicathyra, a sorcerer

Hilda, a barbarian

Silatas, a ranger

As we enjoyed ourselves, we noticed a strange man watching us. We beckoned him over. He introduced himself as Thomas, clerk to Lord Redbeard, who had a request for us.

Thomas took us to see Lord Redbeard. He explained that the area has been attacked frequently by marauding bands of goblins. He was hiring people to travel to the outlying villages to protect them for one month at a time.

We agreed to help. We were sent to the village of Briarhill, about 40 miles away.

On the first night of our journey, we were attacked while we slept by a band of nine goblins. We slew them, taking only minor injuries ourselves.

Upon examination of the bodies, we noticed that they were carrying well made short swords, such as the kind made by humans. Also, each of them wore studded leather armor with an X adorning the nape of the neck.

We thought it strange, of course.

Eventually, we arrived at Briarhill and talked to Mayor Jelson. Apparently, the goblins have a cave nearby that they use as their base of operations. The issue forth from there every few days to raid the village.

We decided to go have some food and drinks at the inn. After that, we were going to ask around town for some information about the inside of the cave. We were planning to travel there the next day.

However, while we ate, we heard shouts and screams from outside. Briarhill was under attack.