(This session was based on the Mines of Phandelver campain. Possible spoilers ahead!)

Our adventure truly began on a naration of our Dungeon Master explaining the setting.

Act 1-1
Quallion the cleric is tasked to extend the reach of the church of Tyr as part of his regular duties whenever possible. His superiors put forth a quest for him to assist in Re-establishing connections between Neverwinter and Phandalin by sending him and his companion Ash to Phandalin tagging behind a dwarf and a human knight, carrying outpost supplies through the untamed and mildly dangerous sword coast.

Near the end of their journey, our duo was stopped by a peculiar sight; a road block consisting of two dead horses. Quallion set his sight on the small hills surrounding the road and spotted a group of goblins with bows at the ready. It was an ambush!

Before Quallion and Ash could react, arrows were shot at them. Quallion quickly pulled his tower shield off the cart and in front of him, unfortunately for Ash, as the goblins started taking aim for him. A few moments later, out from the woods erupted Jamie the Jackalope and her companion Sti-Zix the goblin. Down came the first goblin as it suffered a severe stab wound from the back. The tides quickly shifted afterwards, with each goblin being rushed by the zealous estoc wielding rogue, Sti-Zix providing cover fire to annoy the attacking goblins, Quallion deflecting every blows the desperate goblin bandits tried to inflict against his powerfull shield. Ash was not so lucky, collected arrows upon his body, but surviving the encounter as his attacker soon found himself the lone survivor of his group and decided to run for it. Too little too late, Jamie ran after him and pulled out a hand crossbow, and a single bolt pierced it’s way between his eyes from the back of his head.

The bloody battle was over, having rescued the two strangers, the emboldened Jamie and her cheerful newly freed partner in crime Sti-Zix felt it only appropriate if the two travellers would pay them for having saved their lives. But without the funds to spare, Quallion and Ash had no other alternative but to offer the rogue and her side kick a slice of the pie they were promised for this quest. Without having anything better to do, they agreed.

Once all was said and done, our newly formed group realized that the downed horses likely belonged to those who Quallion and Ash were supposed to follow to Phandalin, drag marks seemed to lead up north and if there ever would be a reward to collect from their transportation of material to Phandalin, they would need to rescue them first.

To be continued...

Jamie belongs to me  Hokkigai
Ash belongs to  lazynore
Quallion belongs to  Zalakir
Sti-Zix belongs to  Carotte666