A curated pilot for the temple and the Exchange, checked through Session 9. It is a selection of consequential claims, not a complete record of anyone’s knowledge.
“Observed” records an event or words heard. “Reported” records an account or document. “Inferred” preserves a character’s interpretation.
Character filtering includes only explicit witnessing, reading, interpretation or a recorded telling. An omitted claim does not prove that character is ignorant.
11 curated claims.
No recorded witnessing or telling matches these filters in this pilot.
The temple
Observed
The statue explosion
Thom lifted the emerald with Mage Hand. The standing statue burst; Rut and Barnaby were injured, and the emerald survived.
Established witnesses
Rut ("Friend"), Thom, Bean Hootwhistle, Barnaby
These four were inside when the statue burst. Dax and Hamish entered afterward. Sage stayed outside and treated Rut after he crawled out.
Recorded tellings
Dax, Hamish — Thom explained the chamber and explosion after Dax and Hamish entered.
What this does not establish
The matching debris does not establish how or when the other statue broke. No second gem was witnessed.
Reported
What the ledger describes
The ledger describes a dark sacrifice chamber flanked by two statues. The round chamber opened later has not been confirmed as that room.
Readers or reported observers
Sage
Sage read the ledger privately. A complete briefing of the party is not recorded.
Recorded tellings
No individual telling is recorded in the cited scenes.
What this does not establish
A matching description is not an identification. The ledger does not explain where the wealth went.
Reported
The offering note
The note is in Common. It orders offerings to Abbathor to cease and permits survivors to take what remains.
Readers or reported observers
Thom
Thom showed the note around and treated it as permission to take the offering. The individual recipients are not listed.
Recorded tellings
No individual telling is recorded in the cited scenes.
What this does not establish
The note’s author, date and choice of language are unknown. It does not establish a divine blessing or freedom from consequences.
Observed
The earlier broken statue
The other statue was already in pieces when the chamber was opened. After the explosion, the fresh debris lay in the same pattern.
Established witnesses
Not recorded
Individual witnesses to the comparison were not separately recorded.
Recorded tellings
No individual telling is recorded in the cited scenes.
What this does not establish
The cause, timing and participants in the earlier destruction are not recorded; no earlier gem was recovered or seen in place.
The Exchange
Observed
Dax’s fifty gold
Thornton paid Dax fifty gold for the orc intelligence. He later disclosed it and shared it at seven gold each.
Established witnesses
Dax, Rut ("Friend")
Dax negotiated. Rut heard the entire negotiation from under the door.
Recorded tellings
Barnaby, Bean Hootwhistle, Dax, Hamish, Rut ("Friend"), Sage, Thom — Dax described the negotiation and put the fifty gold on the table for the party.
What this does not establish
The fifty gold is separate from Dax’s original trade commission. The ledger line has no identified amount or job. Later sharing does not add witnesses to the original meeting.
Observed
Thornton’s stated intention
Thornton said she intended to replace Harbin as townmaster. Thom and Bean later told the party.
Established witnesses
Thom, Bean Hootwhistle
Only Thom and Bean heard the declaration in the office after Dax left. Rut did not hear this speech.
Recorded tellings
Barnaby, Bean Hootwhistle, Dax, Hamish, Rut ("Friend"), Sage, Thom — The whole party heard the returned companions’ account at the inn.
What this does not establish
A declaration of intent is not a completed takeover. How the adventurers’ information would secure the office remains unclear.
Observed
The conditional kill order
Thornton ordered her guards to set the entire troop on the party if they were caught snooping again.
Established witnesses
Thom, Bean Hootwhistle
Thom and Bean heard the order while invisible in the office.
Recorded tellings
Barnaby, Bean Hootwhistle, Dax, Hamish, Rut ("Friend"), Sage, Thom — The whole party heard the returned companions’ account at the inn.
What this does not establish
This is a standing threat, not a recorded attack. Dax’s earlier warning and the specific threat against Thom were a different part of the meeting.
Observed
The hatch behind the desk
Thom and Bean watched Thornton and three guards descend. The hatch closed flush; Bean opened its catch and the two climbed down.
Established witnesses
Thom, Bean Hootwhistle
The two infiltrators saw the hatch’s location, opened it and descended.
Recorded tellings
Barnaby, Bean Hootwhistle, Dax, Hamish, Rut ("Friend"), Sage, Thom — The whole party heard the returned companions’ account at the inn.
What this does not establish
The later escape hatch’s surface position and the full tunnel layout are unrecorded. Harbin received entrance information, but exactly which entrance information is unknown.
Observed
Bean’s ledger discovery
Bean read a line recording gold paid to Dax for work he did for Holia.
Established witnesses
Bean Hootwhistle
Bean explicitly read the line while searching with Thom. That does not establish that Thom read it too.
Recorded tellings
No individual telling is recorded in the cited scenes.
What this does not establish
No amount or identifying job is given. Dax was absent, and no later telling of this line is recorded.
Reported
The underground hall
Thom and Bean reported an occupied hall with roughly twenty to thirty people, maps, gold, unopened chests and Thornton’s private office.
Readers or reported observers
Thom, Bean Hootwhistle
Their underground observations were recounted at the inn in Session 9.
Recorded tellings
Barnaby, Bean Hootwhistle, Dax, Hamish, Rut ("Friend"), Sage, Thom — The whole party heard the returned companions’ account at the inn.
What this does not establish
The headcount is an estimate, not a roster. They left the gold and chests untouched, and no orc alliance was established.
Inferred
Thom’s interpretation of the papers
Thom interpreted overheard fragments and document headings as a new foothold along the Sword Coast, a Phandalin base and possible smuggling.
Inference made by
Thom
These are Thom’s interpretations. He read headings rather than the full pages.
Recorded tellings
Barnaby, Bean Hootwhistle, Dax, Hamish, Rut ("Friend"), Sage, Thom — The whole party heard the returned companions’ account at the inn.
What this does not establish
The theories do not confirm a smuggling operation, the purpose of the tunnels or an alliance with the orcs.