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Trials on the Road to Dawnvale

Trials on the Road to Dawnvale
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escort and gauntlet

Trials on the Road to Dawnvale

Lvl 1-33 to 5 characters3 to 4 sessions, about 10 to 14 hours total· medium

“Escort a vital caravan through cult snares, living ley magic, and a mountain warband before the road decides your fate.”

— Hook · escort and gauntlet

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QuestgiverMerchant Captain Glorien Tarsin
Escort and gauntlet
D&D 5E
Medium
Lvl 1-3
3 to 5 characters
3 to 4 sessions, about 10 to 14 hours total
4 NPCs
3 encounters
The Opening

“A sealed letter arrives for each of you bearing Archmage Cindreth’s sigil. It requests your escort of Merchant Captain Glorien Tarsin’s caravan to Dawnvale, where your judgment and steel will be measured by the road itself.”

— Hook · escort and gauntlet

Set the Scene

Under a gray morning sky at the Golden Hart Tavern, Captain Tarsin gathers his wagons while Archmage Cindreth’s sealed letter is read aloud. The road ahead looks ordinary, but Eldra keeps glancing at the treeline as if it has already started moving.

Patron
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Questgiver

Archmage Cindreth through Captain Glorien Tarsin

formal commission with an immediate on-the-road test

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d4 · table
  1. 01
    The road north has been quiet because something bigger is taking the pressure off.
  2. 02
    A wagon from a previous caravan vanished near Weeping Glade, but the horses were found in Dawnvale.
  3. 03
    The Obsidian Tribunal pays informants in silver tokens etched with a broken eye.
  4. 04
    The orcs at Ember Pass are not acting like a united tribe, which suggests outside provocation.
Stakes

If the caravan fails, Dawnvale loses critical supplies, the road becomes more dangerous, and the party earns a reputation for being either ineffective or easily manipulated. If they succeed with honor and insight, they gain patronage, future access, and the chance to uncover a larger conspiracy.

Ticking Clock·The cargo must reach Dawnvale before the next leyline surge at midnight on the third day, or the focusing device inside the shipment will become unstable and draw every hidden enemy to the road.

Background Lore

Dawnvale depends on the trade road that winds from the Golden Hart Tavern through Weeping Glade and Ember Pass. Recently, travelers have reported black-robed figures watching the road, animals behaving strangely near a glowing grove, and orc raids growing bolder and better timed. Archmage Cindreth suspects someone is probing the caravan route for weaknesses, and Merchant Captain Glorien Tarsin has agreed to carry a vital shipment if brave escorts can see it through.

What the World Knows

The party is hired to escort a merchant caravan from the Golden Hart Tavern to Dawnvale. Along the way they must survive a cult ambush, cleanse a dangerous leyline rift, and repel an orc raid before delivering the cargo to Archmage Cindreth for evaluation.

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