The Order of the Shooting Star: Part 3

This is a series of Dungeons and Dragons recaps. I have taken story liberties in order to tell an engaging tale.

The party awoke and followed the only lead they had left. The town of Trade Winds was less than a day's trip to the East.

On the road they encountered a mysterious stranger. A man who seemed to know everything about the party's adventure thus far. He called himself Jeffrey and left a cryptic hint as to the location of a certain Wizard the party was chasing. He informed the party that the road would have a closed path leading into the woods and a small base of goblins would be found there.

With that Jeffrey was on his way. The party decided that since the goblins were on the way it was worth investigating.

Over the night Richard spent a couple hours learning the goblin language. The idea came to him because of the apparent goblin activity in the area. So Richard decided to try to talk to the goblins first. Connor and Ets decided to hide in the woods and shrubbery in case the talks broke down.

So it was that the band of goblins guarding the base met with a lone stranger hailing them in their native tongue. To say they were confused was an understatement.

Richard offered a couple of days rations in exchange for information on a wizard. The goblins thought it over and revealed having met with a strange human wearing new blue robes and being flanked by a swarm of rats.

The goblins didn't like the wizard much. They revealed that they last saw him head to the South and were very glad to be rid of him. The Black Hand Goblins found that this human was worth talking to and let him leave with no trouble.

Having all the information they were going to receive the party continued on the road to Trade Winds. Soon enough the walls around the city were visible and the party were face-to-face with the local guards.

The guards were a little bored and light on cash so when asked about the location of an elf named John they offered to give directions for a gold piece. Richard haggled them down to two silver pieces and the party was directed to the Dragon's Breath Inn.

Inside the city they went...