The party has taken a Gnome's List job posted by Gundren Rockseeker to guide a cart full of provisions to the poverty stricken town of Phandalin. Along the way, they discover that their employer and his guard, Sildar Hallwinter, have been ambushed by goblins and dragged off into the Neverwinter Wood. They discover a cave where the bodies have been dragged, and, while exploring it, meet Yeemik, a goblin usurper looking to steal leadership of the enclave from Klarg the Bugbear. They agree to kill Klarg for Yeemik... and then when meeting Klarg, agree to kill Yeemik for Klarg. What will these murder hobos get up to on this episode?