June 6, 2021 - Killing the Doppleganger and rescuing Gundrun Rockseeker

After Carp told us he saw Harbin Wester dead, we decided to look for the body to confirm Carps story, but the body wasn't there. However, we didn't find some blood. We also found 50gp, which we came back for later. We headed back to the old Redbrand base and found a dead body in one of the rooms. We started questioning the townspeople to determine which one, if any, was a doppleganger. Linene Graywind took off running. We chased her down and discovered that she was the doppleganger. Gorund killed her. Carp tried to get in on the action and quickly realized he was in over his head. We questioned the rest of the townspeople and are fairly confident there are no other dopplegangers amongst them.

Our next destination was Cragmaw castle to rescue Gundrun Rockseeker and get the map to the mine in Wave Echo Cave. On our way there we came across a beautiful Dryad who presented us with a riddle. We were eventually able to solve the riddle and were rewarded with a Decanter of Endless Water and a blessing. The Dryad knew about our dreams and the red Dragon, and seemed to think we played an important role in events to come. She said the gods of fate (The Raven Queen, Kelemvor, Jergal, Myrkul & Savras) will all take part of our future. She also mentioned Kiralee, the Queen of the Dryads. She told us the Red Dragon is not the immediate threat, but what he asks of us will bring doom.

We continued our journey and eventually reached the castle, which was infested with Goblins, Hobgoblins, Bugbears and Owlbears. We caught them by surprise, but were quickly outnumbered. Fortunately, Gundrun was in the first room we entered so we grabbed him and fled. Unfortunately, the map was still in the castle, so Thadium, who had drank a potion of invisibility while we were fleeing, went back into the castle to retrieve the map. He almost got caught, but managed to escape without further injury.

We returned to Phadalin with Grundrun and told Sildar about what happened. He thanked us for rescuing Gundrun and gave us 25gp each as a reward. Silard said to be wary of Fell Beings in Neverwinter Woods.

LOOT AND EXPERIENCE


 * 75gp each
 * 37sp each
 * 27ep each
 * 3 potions of healing (divided between Gorrund, Tiberius, and Thadium)
 * 620xp each