Phandalin

Phandalin is where our PCs start their adventure. Their are a couple of important things that happen in Phandalin.

Donnus Atesso
First, this is where the PCs first encounter Donnus Atesso as a survivor from the village of Kheldell. If they wish to track him down after finding out about the true of the wizard, this is where they last encountered him.

Attack on Phandalin
If the PCs choose not to spend the night in Kheldell, the will get attacked by the specters which were summoned in Kheldell. The attack consists of the 25 specters + 1 wraith with the wand of the blank attacking the town. The wraith will hang back from the battle for a while and when about half the specters are dead, step in and touch one villager who will then turn into a corpseling. After he does that, the wraith will slink off back to his lair, leaving a clear path of death after him. Donnus will then offer the adventures the gold in his village to go and defeat the wraith in his lair.