Wave Echo Cave

More than 500 years ago, clans of dwarves and gnomes made an agreement known as the Phandelver's Pact, by which they would share a rich mine in a wondrous cavern known as Wave Echo Cave. In addition to is mineral wealth, the mine contained great magical power. Human spell-casters allied themselves with the dwarves and gnomes to channel and bind that energy into a great forge (called the Forge of Spells), where magic items could be crafted. Times were good, and the nearby human town of Phandalin prospered as well. But then disaster struck when orcs swept through the North and laid waste to all in their path, including Phandalin and the Wave Echo Cave. In the years to follow, the cave would be forgotten by most, and regarded as myth by those who had heard of it.

Gundren Rockseeker and his brothers have come to Phandalin, believing to have found the entrance to Wave Echo Cave, in hopes of reopening the mines.