outside of Hulburg is a dwarven clanhold, starts with a G. I don't speak dwarf. Anyway, they got this hole they capped up 50 years ago cause its full of oozes, but some halfling opened it up, like an idiot.

Took forever to kill enough of them to get into the building and force the cap back on. Absolutely disgusting work.

STORY AWARD: Divine Portents. For saving his clan and resealing the White Well, you have earned the gratitude of Lumin Fetterbond, a powerful dwarf diviner. You can request that Lumin cast augury to help you see the future at the beginning of an adventure. This spell casting favor can only be used once.

Hired by Portia X at Cabdlekeep to retrieve a few rare books from an estate in The Wood of Sharp Teeth. The former owner, Lupon Malis, died unexpectedly and she wanted us to retrieve the bools he'd left to Candlekeep.

Arriving at thr manor, were attacked by wolves. Strange that they were so close to the house. The butler shows us to dinner... food is clumsily dusted with basic rat poison. Its during dinner that we realize no one on the staff is breathing. All undead.

Exploring the house after midnight, Ty & Raleigh locate the books we're seeking, but also documents indicating that the former master Malis was an information broker to espionage organizations. We also discover a basement where a Thayan named Xill Dahvonia is packing books to steal for Thay. Books that were worth him poisoning the entire household to acquire.
Ty worked the wizard over pretty well, then Raleigh destroyed him with a Shatter spell.

• porion of healing + scroll of revivify

Some daft Harper agent passed a letter to the person I was supposed to be tailing. Next thing I know, I'm roped in to riding with all haste to warn Elventree that a Thayan strike force is looking to raze the town.
Turns out there's some family there, so it was a good thing we showed up to help hold off undead troops until reinforcements arrived from the factions.

+ (6) arrows +1, a quiver with leaf-themed leatherwork, & +potion of healing

+150gp from starting Equipment, +4gp & potion of healing from XGtE *
*-146gp, Purchased Studded leather, Fine clothes, 2 daggers, whip, shortbow, 20 arrows, burglar's pack, thieves tools, and string (Modified Starting equipment)

XGtE's This is Your Life

I was born in Hulburg, I'm told, but we moved to Zhentil Keep when I was just a lad. Moved "to be closer to family," they said, but after we got to the keep, Da took some travelling work and didn't come back. After a year or so, my ma started telling folks our family name were "Darkhope," like the famous Zhent general. A ruse to help her seven kids get ahead with family folks. Worked well enough until we could make our own reputations.
Seven kids and no husband meant my two older brothers and me helped ma provide for my younger brother and the three small girls. We had a tiny house down the alley from the Tavern where ma was a cook. Strictly downstairs work, mind you.

Even in a town run by a crime network, there was still opportunities for a bored lad to get into mischief and we found money and food where we could. We didn't realize we were being watched, trained, and tested all along.

We started planning our capers with Diggory and Rybeck, a couple local boys who got caught trying to steal a cart full of turnips. We were in a jam, but someone made sure we were released.
The next day, a pair of adventurers, (41 ) Himo Caerdonel (NE elven rogue) and (44) Anbera Silveraxe (NG shield dwarf paladin) spoke to our ma and then introduced themselves as our new instructors. We'd been stongly encouraged to volunteer with a company of Zhent mercenaries they were leading.

87 They trained us, sure. Skirmishes, but only one you'd call a battle. I took a few wounds, but nothing that didn't heal.
(8) Rybeck wasn't so lucky. Got a crossbow bolt in the chest from one of the other lads who panicked. The Great Leveler don't care if your death is fair or honorable; you're still back to the mud. Resurrections ain't for common folk.

54 After that, I took some low level assignments for the network. Did what needed doing. I kept 4 gold and gave the rest to ma for the young ones to have a modest dowry.

13 Boon - A friendly alchemist gifted me a potion of healing in thanks for running off a non-zhent gang that was running protection rackets in Scardale Town.

outside of Hulburg is a dwarven clanhold, starts with a G. I don't speak dwarf. Anyway, they got this hole they capped up 50 years ago cause its full of oozes, but some halfling opened it up, like an idiot.

Took forever to kill enough of them to get into the building and force the cap back on. Absolutely disgusting work.

STORY AWARD: Divine Portents. For saving his clan and resealing the White Well, you have earned the gratitude of Lumin Fetterbond, a powerful dwarf diviner. You can request that Lumin cast augury to help you see the future at the beginning of an adventure. This spell casting favor can only be used once.

Hired by Portia X at Cabdlekeep to retrieve a few rare books from an estate in The Wood of Sharp Teeth. The former owner, Lupon Malis, died unexpectedly and she wanted us to retrieve the bools he'd left to Candlekeep.

Arriving at thr manor, were attacked by wolves. Strange that they were so close to the house. The butler shows us to dinner... food is clumsily dusted with basic rat poison. Its during dinner that we realize no one on the staff is breathing. All undead.

Exploring the house after midnight, Ty & Raleigh locate the books we're seeking, but also documents indicating that the former master Malis was an information broker to espionage organizations. We also discover a basement where a Thayan named Xill Dahvonia is packing books to steal for Thay. Books that were worth him poisoning the entire household to acquire.
Ty worked the wizard over pretty well, then Raleigh destroyed him with a Shatter spell.

• porion of healing + scroll of revivify

Some daft Harper agent passed a letter to the person I was supposed to be tailing. Next thing I know, I'm roped in to riding with all haste to warn Elventree that a Thayan strike force is looking to raze the town.
Turns out there's some family there, so it was a good thing we showed up to help hold off undead troops until reinforcements arrived from the factions.

+ (6) arrows +1, a quiver with leaf-themed leatherwork, & +potion of healing

+150gp from starting Equipment, +4gp & potion of healing from XGtE *
*-146gp, Purchased Studded leather, Fine clothes, 2 daggers, whip, shortbow, 20 arrows, burglar's pack, thieves tools, and string (Modified Starting equipment)

XGtE's This is Your Life

I was born in Hulburg, I'm told, but we moved to Zhentil Keep when I was just a lad. Moved "to be closer to family," they said, but after we got to the keep, Da took some travelling work and didn't come back. After a year or so, my ma started telling folks our family name were "Darkhope," like the famous Zhent general. A ruse to help her seven kids get ahead with family folks. Worked well enough until we could make our own reputations.
Seven kids and no husband meant my two older brothers and me helped ma provide for my younger brother and the three small girls. We had a tiny house down the alley from the Tavern where ma was a cook. Strictly downstairs work, mind you.

Even in a town run by a crime network, there was still opportunities for a bored lad to get into mischief and we found money and food where we could. We didn't realize we were being watched, trained, and tested all along.

We started planning our capers with Diggory and Rybeck, a couple local boys who got caught trying to steal a cart full of turnips. We were in a jam, but someone made sure we were released.
The next day, a pair of adventurers, (41 ) Himo Caerdonel (NE elven rogue) and (44) Anbera Silveraxe (NG shield dwarf paladin) spoke to our ma and then introduced themselves as our new instructors. We'd been stongly encouraged to volunteer with a company of Zhent mercenaries they were leading.

87 They trained us, sure. Skirmishes, but only one you'd call a battle. I took a few wounds, but nothing that didn't heal.
(8) Rybeck wasn't so lucky. Got a crossbow bolt in the chest from one of the other lads who panicked. The Great Leveler don't care if your death is fair or honorable; you're still back to the mud. Resurrections ain't for common folk.

54 After that, I took some low level assignments for the network. Did what needed doing. I kept 4 gold and gave the rest to ma for the young ones to have a modest dowry.

13 Boon - A friendly alchemist gifted me a potion of healing in thanks for running off a non-zhent gang that was running protection rackets in Scardale Town.