Following the battle in the goblin hideout, the party recovered Farmer Grolicer’s stolen farm tools and freed his two chestnut warhorses. Rose translated an unsent letter addressed to a “War Master,” revealing that local goblins, under hobgoblin control, were collecting offerings for this “War Master’s” hoard. After securing tactical maps of local subjugated goblin camps and looting chests of gold and quality weapons, the companions returned the warhorses and equipment to Grolicer’s ranch.
Interrogating their bound goblin prisoner, the group learned that bugbears and hobgoblins collect gathered spoils every seven days and were due that very night. Two Purple Dragon Knights took custody of the prisoner, maps, and letter, explaining the legal boundaries of adventuring and briefing the group on Cormyr’s political climate under Lord High Marshal Nicklaus Veidt.
Back in Waymoot, the companions signed the garrison ledger as “The Fated Six” much to the chagrin of certain members, collected their reward at the Adventurers Guild, and sold salvaged weapons at Sheamus’s forge, where Cinovas put down a deposit to refit hobgoblin half-plate. In the Library a brief dispute over heavy hunting traps, the companions gathered at The Old Man inn to address party dynamics and prepare for their next contract: hunting a displaced Bronze - Wolf Pack - Completed led by a single-eyed dire wolf, assuming Warden Garen Marston doesn’t have other plans.