Oswald Taney is the leader.
They're trying to find a path across the desert. Whatever.
They're going to pay us! Maybe I won't bail on them at the first town.
We can leave today... that's good.
Oswald sent us to talk to Gurt.
The job is to find a mining expedition. They left a few weeks ago to start a new mine. The settlement hasn't responded. The company wants to know what happened.
Gurt thinks that everyone there is dead.
There are reports of goblins, hobgoblins, bandits, giant spiders.
Find the miners, save them if possible, bring them back if we can.
Gurt outfits us with a cart and some other gear.
We set out that day.
The 1st day, nothing interesting happened.
Nathaniel Po (human summoner played by Jyh Nern) - was a barber in the old world. He got behind on his protection money, and the local gang burned his place down. That's when Mr. Green showed up -- Nathaniel's eidolon.
Ham (halfling bard played by Brian) - Was playing a local pub and is looking for more adventure
Cal (elf fighter played by Eric) - Was working as a guard at the embassy.
Gan (dwarf wizard played by Joe) - left home because the family wasn't keen on magic.
The next day (day 2), we come to 3 individuals (humans) who have blocked the road. Ham tried to talk them down, but it didn't work; they attacked.
We handled them pretty easily.
Day 3... uneventful.
Day 4... the day was uneventful, but we were attacked by wolves in the night.
Fortunately, Nathaniel perceived them coming and woke us, so we were prepared for the fight.
Day 5... We expected to arrive in Cowick tonight. We saw a small pathway leading off the road.
Unlike the other trails we've seen leave the road, this one is a stone-paved road. We turned and followed it to a clearing where there was a grave with writing in common denoting the grave of "Our noble champion, ..." (the name appeared to be worn away by time). Gan noticed that there's magic within the grave. We left it alone.
That night, Nathaniel woke us again because a skeletal champion on a horse came toward us.
The champion gave us a magic sword. We talked to him a bit. He was from Sovelia and came with the First Ones to settle. He called himself Terry Godwin. He said he was slain by goblins. There are many goblins in the mountains. (It was a +1 potency longsword.)