Session 7 Recap

The party picks up in the mid of night on the Triboar Trail north of Phandalin. After having a instense incounter with something in the nearby tree line, our Peggers decide it's best to return to the town for the night. Valtish and Lottie return to the crew, Laylin decides it will be best to return to her work on fixing the ship. Punkin on the other hand is completely unseen and "stalking" the party from afar. Unknown to the rest of the group however The Lady of The Black Veil had captured Laylin and began interogating her. The start of the day and the party moves to the townsfolk they finished aiding, Daran Edermath - fellow follower of Tyr and Sister Garaele - secret Harper agent. Then with their clues growing more and more slim, our adventurers procede to head to Wyvern Tor in order to take down the group of Orcs taking residence there. A few hours of travel and eventually they arrive to the entrance to the cave being used as a hideout. Noticing an orc named Gog keeping watch, Punkin decides to use her "charms" to persuade the orc to take her into the cave hidout and introduce her to the other members. It's revealed to her that the Orcs have been taught basic bondaries and respect by their leader Schlermp the Troll with a banged up head band of intelect. The party speaks with the Troll and his 6 orc followers and are told they are forced to pillage carravans and travelers on the road side by order of the Black Spider, and if they stop doing so they will be slain. Punkin conviences them to stop harming and raiding innocent people and in return the Peggers will go to Cragmaw Castle and wipe out the Black Spider's army. Off our party embarks to rid the Triboar Trail of it's scurge.
Arrival to the Cragmaw Castle takes place in the afternoon. The bloom of orange hues fills the sky from the soon to set sun. The rough for wear castle sitting in the dimpled hilltop had goblins posted from archer slits to alert the others to intruders approaching. With the whole castle coming out to fight the party our Peggers tear them down, stacking the bodies up on one another. And once the final one was sliced down, they looted the castle and rescued Gundren Rockseeker. He explains to the party that the Black Spider was trying to use the map in his care and locate the Wave Echo Cave's forge.
As the ship's crew begins to settle down for the evening, a returning band of hobgoblins approaches the massacare in front of their home. Targor Bloodsword, their leader, surrenders to Captain Rolfe. Saying it's the decision of the Captain to do with them as he sees fit since they killed all of their allies. First the Captain offers to challenge the Hobgoblins to a knight's duel and the victor decides their fate, however that was shot down by Punkin. The Captain suggests that if they leave their weapons and armor they can go. Helion argues that if they continue to live what stops them from killing other innocent lives? The party debates the lives of these 4 hobgoblins until finally they decide to stick with the captains suggestion and send them off with no protection against other adventurers. We pick back up the morning after, resting the night inside the cragmaw castle.