Make temple of Gond outside of town, near the entrance to the temple itself, so it can guard and watch over. function as a watch tower, with armory. and guards. have a basic store inside, let players buy things from the armory. Limit to money transaction. Can order special equipment from town or Gnimsh. this way I can mostly skip the entire town itself since it serves no purpose.
Mission clear out the dungeons of at least some of the dangers down there, and get down to the level two, and find out of the Gulthas Tree is still dead or if it back.