May 2 2021 - Heading to Thundertree to question Raidoth

We needed more information about the Goblins and Orcs, so we headed north to the town of Thundertree to find Raidoth, the crazy Druid that Sister Garaele told us about. On the way there we encountered some Orcs that demanded we pay a "road tax," but instead of us paying them gold, the Orcs paid with their lives. We eventually reached Thundertree, a small decrepit village that was mostly destroyed by a volcano. The volcano somehow cursed the village and now it's overrun with Ash Zombies and Twig Blights. After clearing an old abandoned tavern of Ash Zombies, we looted the building and decided to rest for a bit.

As we left the tavern, we discovered we were surrounded by twig blights. There were far too many of them to take on one at a time, so we ran into a building, creating a choke point at the door, then unleashed a fireball, killing most of them. That was enough to scare the rest of them off.We continued to explore and search for loot, killing more Ash Zombies and a few large spiders. We found the necklace that the Woodcarver's wife told us about, which looks like it will fetch a nice amount of coin.

While exploring, a Green Dragon flew overhead. Fortunately, it didn't attack us.

We eventually found Raidoth, who was high as a kite. He invited us in and we chatted for a while. Despite his mental state, we were able to get a decent amount of information from him. He told us the Goblins live in a cave that has a stream coming out of it, located east of Phandalin. He said the Orcs live in the Cragmore caves in the woods south of Neverwinter, near Cragmore Castle.

He also mentioned some cultists living at the southeast corner of the village who want to turn the Dragon into a Lich Dragon, whatever that is. Raidoth said the Dragon is mostly likely hoarding gold, like most Dragons do. We made our way to the cultists abode to investigate. They weren't very friendly, so we taught them some manners.

There are still a few more building to explore, and a dragon to slay if we're brave/foolish enough to try, but that will have to wait for another day. Overall, we found a decent amount of loot considering the decrepit state of the village.


 * 225gp
 * 195sp
 * 700cp
 * 2 bottles of wine
 * Gold Necklace with a fine emerald embedded (200gp)
 * Potion of healing
 * 3 diamonds (100gp each)
 * Green Potion (potion of flying)
 * 6 Crossbows
 * 6 Cultist Robes