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The master of the Phandalin post is a sharp-tongued The exchange is a great place to meet people who
human woman of thirty-five named Linene Graywind. She spend a lot of time out and about in the countryside
knows that bandits have raided Lionshield caravans, but surrounding Phandalin. The guildmaster is an ambitious
she doesn't know who is responsible. and calculating human woman named Halia Thornton.
In a back room, Linene keeps a supply of armor and In her attempts to establish the Miner's Exchange as the
weapons, all of which are for sale to interested buyers. closest thing the town has to a governing authority, she
(For prices, see "Adventuring Gear" in the rulebook.) acts as more than a simple merchant. She is also an agent
Linene has a few scruples, however, and won't sell of the Zhentarim, a powerful organization that seeks to
weapons to anyone she thinks might be a threat to the exert secret control over the North through wealth and
town. Among those with whom she refuses to do business influence. Halia is working slowly to bring Phandalin
are the Redbrands. She warns the characters that the under her control, and can become a valuable patron to the
ruffians are trouble and advises them to avoid the Sleeping characters if they don't cross her.
Giant tap house. Halia doesn't know the location of Cragmaw Castle, but
Recovered Goods. If the characters return the stolen she has heard that the Redbrands have a goblin minion
goods found in area 8 of the Cragmaw hideout (or if they serving them. She suggests the goblin might know the
left the goods but reveal where they can be found), Linene location. She leverages this information to try to persuade
gives them a reward of 50 gp and promises to help the the characters into helping her deal with the Redbrands.
adventurers any way she can. Quest: Halia'sJob Offer. If approached by characters
she believes she can control, Halia explains that the
PHANDALIN MINER'S EXCHANGE Redbrands are a problem. She tells how the ruffians
The Miner's Exchange is a trading post where local loiter around the Sleeping Giant tap house and have a
miners have their valuable finds weighed, measured, and base under Tresendar Manor, on the east edge of town.
paid out. In the absence of any local lord or authority, She then offers the characters 100 gp to eliminate the
the exchange also serves as an unofficial records office, Redbrand leader, whom the outlaws call Glasstaff, and
registering claims to various streams and excavations bring her any correspondence found in the leader's
around the area. There isn't any real gold rush in quarters. Halia doesn't reveal that she wants to take over
Phandalin, but enough wealth is hidden in the nearby the Redbrand operation herself. A DC 15 Wisdom (Insight)
streams and valleys to support a good number of check indicates she has ulterior motives for wanting the
independent prospectors. Redbrand leader dead.

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