The White Dragon

The threat hanging over the whole region. The party has never laid eyes on it — but everyone else seems to know it’s coming:

• The Quest Master’s dragon rumors sent the party to warn Gnomengarde (Session 1).
• Dax’s orc rumors said the same thing (Session 2).
• Harbin’s Dwarven Excavation contract exists to warn the prospectors that a white dragon has moved into the area (Session 4).
• Guildmaster Thornton pays standing coin for any dragon intelligence (Session 4).

Umbrage Hill (reported in Session 7)

A messenger arrived at the Phandalin inn with a report that the dragon had destroyed Umbrage Hill. The party had escorted Adabra Gwynn from her windmill earlier that day. They did not witness the attack or return to inspect its aftermath, and no replacement potion workshop has been established.

Dax and Thornton reasoned from the timing that the dragon was a short flight from Phandalin. That did not locate its lair (Session 8).

Signs on the mine road (Session 9)

On the way to Mountain’s Toe Gold Mine, the party found six dead orcs. After Thom’s inconclusive examination, Bean, Hamish and Rut examined them together. The cold damage reminded them of the reports from Umbrage Hill and looked like the white dragon’s work. They did not witness the attack, see the dragon, or find which direction the attacker had come or gone. Its name and lair remain unknown.