Dawn was breaking as the group approached Phandalin from the south. They saw the glow of the torches of the two guards at the opening in the old stone wall. Thoughts of a warm room at the inn and how nice it would be to sleep were quickly displaced by the awareness that there was no gate to close off the entrance, not to mention the many openings in the wall.
The group carried the makeshift stretchers holding Turenim and Tharden down the trail from Wave Echo Cavern towards Phandalin and argued about what to do about the army of orcs.
