Investigating the Redbrand Camp

The party alongside all of the Phandalin Militia marched off to the south to go investigate the Redbrand camp. 

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While enroute to the camp, the party was ambushed by an ogre. The ogre slammed through the side of the party, crushing one militia man badly. The bowman ran back through the woods and fired an incrdible volley, badly damaging the ogre. Snow crawled up the ogres back and finished it off.

Afterwards Arwen explored where it came from and spotted a small valley with a cave.

Further on the party began to be tracked by an owlbear. The party tried to move away from them but couldn't break the track and instead prepared to fight. The owlbear burst through the trees into the party, narrowly dodging an attack from Grug. The bowman launched a volley that decimated the owl bear, burning through it as Johns arrow cut through it's heart, dropping it dead. The men celebrated their victory and cut patches of feathers to stick in their hats.

The party sent all the melee militia and 4 of the bowman back with the owlbear. The rest and the party continued on to try and find the Redbrand camp. They found it several hours later and began to set up a camp while Snow and Taurial went ahead to investigate. Taurial was ambushed and narrowly killed her attack while Snow was able to sneak ahead and spotted a large camp full of buildings and cages.