During their search for Gundren Rockseeker, our brave yet inquisitive adventurers had become involved in the liberation of Phandalin, which was terrorised by the menacing bandits The Redbrands.
In search of information they had snuck into the office of Halia Thornton, head of the Miner’s Guild.
Despite their suspicions, it was later confirmed that she, in fact, had no links to The Redbrands.
…Although a map was claimed to have gone missing upon the next inventory check
The Chronicles of DePreston 