The Phandelver Adjudication

The Phandelver Adjudication is the name given to the legal ruling issued by then-Townmaster Harbin Wester of Phandalin, wherein the disposition of Phandelver Mine was settled in the aftermath of the Phandelver Adventure.

The Phandelver Adjudication enjoys some small popularity in bardic tales about heroes arguing passionately for justice and friendship. While there was more to the Phandelver Adjudication than mere appeals to camaraderie, the bardic tales do accurately reflect that a major component of the Phandelver Adjudication was the testimony of the Heroes of Phandalin, whose counsel then-Townmaster Wester had invited in considering the disposition of the Lost Mine. Two of the heroes, BX-88 and Shakira She-Wolf, testified entirely in favor of Gundren Rockseeker, who had discovered the mine and suffered much to obtain it. Ryathon Silverthorn, meanwhile, argued for a compromise wherein Gundren Rockseeker and Phandalin would split ownership of the mine. Ragnar did not testify.

Although the Phandelver Adjudication is not binding precedent throughout the rest of Althoria, those with an interest in the intersection of Althorian law and adventuring note that the Phandelver Adjudication is the first case of its kind to establish that an adventurer can not only secure legal ownership of treasure found within a ruin, but also possibly of the ruin itself.