Faction
Gnomengarde
A reclusive kingdom of tinkerers ruled by King Korboz and Queen Gnerkli. Recently de-mimicked by the party.
Status: active, friendly.
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Faction
The Zhentarim
The Black Network. Publicly mercenaries and protection; privately smuggling, extortion, and worse. Thornton wears their pin.
Status: active, complicated.
places
Phandalin
Home base. Quest board, nervous townmaster, an inn with watchful strangers, and a Miner's Exchange with Zhentarim management.
items
The Party Magic Item Haul
Everything magical (or suspiciously magical) the party has picked up so far.
places
The Temple of Abbathor
A ruined dwarven temple to the god of greed. The ochre jellies inside used to be its priests.
rumors
The Trivial Trail Temple
Thornton's lead: a ruined temple south along the Trivial Trail where locals stash their gold. Unvisited.
places
Umbrage Hill
Adabra Gwynn's stone windmill — potion source for all of Phandalin, and recent manticore battleground.