Summary
Kiryat Masana, Auranoch
- the party have finished their basic training as Red Riders and are assigned to Captain Marcella’s company, which has been deployed to the fort at Kiryat Masana
- the town lies along the high road and is still a long way from recovering from the Dragon War
- the company has little in the way of support personnel
- Atila, the stablemaster
- Nadira, the outrider
- Eliana, the chaplain
- the fort sits atop a hill overlooking the town, but lies in ruin from the devastation of the Dragon War
- the walls are collapsed in several places
- the gate is shattered
- the towers have been melted by dragonfire
- the courtyard buildings lay in shambles
- the party receives orders to recruit an herbalist from an outlying village by the name of Samara
- a sparrow arrives from Nadira, saying a goblin raid is headed for the village
- the party intercepts the goblin raid and fights them off
- the goblins retreat, but take Samara with them
- after resting in the village, the party track the goblilns back to their lair
- they find the goblins holed up in an abandoned mine
- they clear the mine out, but the goblin boss flees on worg-back
- the party runs the goblin boss down in a horse chase and recover an Elven shortsword of warning
- Samara is returned safely home and agrees to work for the Red Riders