Salvation Outpost

Even with the little gnome in his view, Kleber’s archer trained eyes notice a definite pattern to the pieces of soarwood. He points this out to Core and Gzizmix.

The cart makes good time for the rest of the morning. The flat top of the plateau stretches out in all directions as far as the eye can see. By late morning, the sun sits high above you. If not for the debris trail Kleber identified, finding any sense of direction would prove difficult. Kleber notes that the soarwood is completely unmoving and is struck by the thought that this wreckage appears not to have moved in the two years since the Day of Mourning.

For this first time since entering the Grey, you see a single black cloud very low in the sky.

Core and Gzizmix comment among themselves that the soarwood appears to enter the black cloud and that’s where the trail ends. The gnome swears he saw something in the cloud, but he’s unsure what it is. The cloud is still rather far away, but you figure another hour or so will get you close to under it.

Slightly to the right and a little closer than the cloud, the two drivers catch a glint of light reflecting the sun’s rays.

Shiny Thing first... I didn't realize it was a detour.

Core and Gzizmix agree on the slight course change to investigate the reflection. After a few minutes travel, you get close enough to see the object is some sort of huge construct. It is lumbering slowly through what appears to be an large area of scattered pieces of metal and wreckage.

As you continue to approach, it pays no attention to your cart. You watch as it slowly reaches down and picks up what you immediately recognize as a soldier’s body. Holding the limp body by the ankle, the construct slings the corpse over its shoulder, impaling it on one of the many long spikes on its back. It then peers over the field, seeming to search for something.