At the foot of Iarno’s bed is a sturdy, unlocked wooden chest holding the best pickings of the Redbrands’ loot over the last two months. It contains 180 sp, 130 gp, and a silk pouch containing five carnelians (10 gp each), two peridots (15 gp each), and one pearl (100 gp). ---- As Naeris is leaving the cavern, the nothic calls out to her. When she responds, it offers its thanks for sparing it and for the grand meal she has delivered. It also gives her a gift: a +1 longsword in a silver-chased scabbard. The sword is inscribed with the name “Talon,” and its hilt is worked in the shape of a bird of prey with outspread wings. It once belonged to a great knight named Aldith Tresendar, known as the Black Hawk, former lord of the manor above. ---- Back in Phandalin, Mirna rubs the rope burns on her wrists as she thanks Raynor for rescuing her and her family. She has nothing to give him, but repays his kindness with a story: when she was a young girl, she and her family fled from the town of Thundertree after undead overran the place. Her family had an herb and alchemy shop in the southeast part of Thundertree, inside which a case containing an emerald necklace was hidden beneath a section of storage shelves. She never dared to return and retrieve it. ---- Naeris communes with the glass staff during a quiet moment and learns the following: This slender, hollow staff is made of glass yet is as strong as oak. It weighs 3 pounds. You must be attuned to the staff to gain its benefits and cast its spells. While holding the staff, you have a +1 bonus to your Armor Class. The staff has 10 charges, which are used to fuel the spells within it. With the staff in hand, you can use your action to cast one of the following spells from the staff if the spell is on your class’s spell list: mage armor (1 charge) or shield (2 charges). No components are required. The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges each day at dawn. If you expend the staff’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff shatters and is destroyed. ----
