Episode 1: West Midden Caravan

West Midden Caravan is the inaugural adventure of the Harlowe Traveling Adventure Brokerage

Plot
Marla Harlowe summons a number of adventurers to West Midden in the Ostberg Valley Chain to form a new adventuring company, intended to rival the notable Claykeep Fighter's Guild run by Waltraud Schwertkind. The party's first assignment is given by Stiryn and Edmund van Veen of the Elder Consortium, who require caravan guards to help them bring a critical item to the Consortium along the road to the Midden Ford. Accompanying the party are Marla Harlowe herself, a cook named Coriander, and a half-orc coach driver named Darius.

During the course of the adventure, the party encountered various threats from different desperate, economically disadvantaged thieves, goblins, and other malefactors, managed to intercept the Research Division D letter (which Zacharias, working through the thief Coriander, attempted to steal from the Consortium), and encountered one of the dwarves, a race long thought to be mythical or extinct, and who appeared to have been in some manner enslaved by the Elder Consortium. At the conclusion of the adventure, a grateful Stiryn, unaware that the party had secretly deciphered and copied the letter she was sworn to protect, recommended the services of the Harlowe Traveling Adventure Brokerage to the Consortium, increasing their fame. Philippe Marienburg then temporarily left the Brokerage to attempt to provide economic relief to the town of West Midden, marking the beginning of his growing reputation as a force for good within the region.

Player Characters

 * Phillipe Marienburg
 * Brecca Sylen
 * Susuru
 * Katoki
 * Wren
 * Lyra
 * Ern

NPCs

 * Stiryn
 * Edmund van Veen
 * Darius
 * Coriander
 * Marla Harlowe

Notable Items

 * the Immovable Rod
 * the Research Division D letter