Lost Mine of Phandelver - Session 9 - A Ghoulish Good Time

 After returning to Phandalin, Glasstaff was handed over to Sildhar at the town jail to await his trial.  The party then spent some time healing up from the encounter with VenomFang.  Vendel arrived back in town and reunited with the party.

After resting and resupplying, the party, minus OneShoe, whom stayed to help guard Glasstaff, headed back to the Wave Echo Cave to finish exploring the sections they had not been to before.  They retraced some of their steps and then entered the area of the mine that used to be the entrance.  

They ended up having a couple of battles with groups of ghouls, but by employing smart tactics and utilizing the layout of the cave interior, the ghouls were killed without much trouble.

The party also came across the wraith, Mormesk, whom they decided to not attack, and instead engaged in negotiations over treasure swapping of all things.  They decided to decline trading and left the wraith to its own business.  They learned from the wraith that there is a "floating eye creature" behind the locked door to the Forge of Spells.  Attempts to find a key to the door were not successful, and the party surmised that VenomFang possesses the key.  They sent DeathCap the mushroom-folk to scout out the area where the dragon had attacked them, and it was uncertain if he remained in the area.

As Innil had previously asked the magic statue her 'one question' that it would answer, the party had learned of the Tomb of Phylanax, and that a 'dragon-killing' sword could be found there.  Plans were then made to travel to the tomb for some extra fire-power before confronting VenomFang again.