5th Day of Corellon's Time in the 22nd Year of King Ulodannan Wolfswift

5^th day of Corellon’s time in the 22^nd year of King Ulodannan Wolfswift:  The adventure begins.  The party rides from Highbush to Linden in the Barony of Woodlea Forest.  At around noon they encounter a party of goblins and their dogs searching the bodies of a party of Baron Silverkin’s soldiers that the goblins have ambushed.  They engage the goblins.  Most of the goblins run off, but they defeat the two who remain, together with their dogs.
On the body of one of the soldiers they find a cylindrical case which they do not open.  They load the bodies of the soldiers on their horses and continue to Linden, where the villagers are surprised and frightened to see a party of adventurers, one of whom is a drow, leading horses loaded with the Baron’s dead soldiers.

The adventurers make their way to the Baron’s keep, succeed in convincing the guards to let them in, and appear before Baron Grayward Silverkin, his wife, Baroness Xithira Silverkin, his seneschal Otigretor Shipsail, the dwarven captain of his guard, Xanros Tarmikos, and a beautiful young woman named Brekain, who seems to be a special favorite of the Baron.

They present the case they found on the guard to the Baron.  After some discussion, he seems satisfied with their bona fides, though he is still somewhat concerned about the drow.  He is at least satisfied enough to feed them and “let” them stay as his “guests” in his keep for the night.