Old Owl Well

The Gruma Group visited Old Owl Well after receiving reports of trouble along the Triboar Trail, and hearing of worrisome Undead sightings. Taken from DM Summaries:"The party heads to Old Owl Well and find zombies digging in the ruins of an old tower. Esran alerts the zombies after tripping into a tent and the zombies attack. A mage interrupts the fight, saying that the undead are his servants/property and he has a permit to prospect at the well. The permit is stamped with the Phandalin townmaster's seal and grants Hamun Khost the right to dig. Iamdai offers Hamun 'replacement' servants but this conflicts with Gruma's faith. The mage says he has come so close and misty steps away, emerging as a black-scaled dragonborn and the battle resumes.""The mage flees and the zombies are dispatched. Gruma decides to go down the well to cast detect magic. The rope unties and he begins falling down the well but Ottar catches it. Esran sends his owl familiar down the well, which reports seeing a dark water-like substance and a structure off in the distance. Gruma hears whispers in the dark, similar to the ones Ottar heard in the crevasse under Tresendar Manor. The party rescues a human merchant named Frederick Pentecost, who says his merchant caravan was attacked by orcs on the trail. The necromancer imprisoned him in a cage saying he was needed to fulfil a purpose. After a lengthy discussion to explore the well, even including a zombie raft, the party decides to seal up the entrance and they head for Wyvern Tor."