Session Length: 4–5 hours
Return Guaranteed: Likely, but proceed with caution
Quest Type: Pathfinding and Scouting
Session Tone: Mysterious and Wondrous
Violence Level: Yes

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By an abandoned shrine to the Makers, the Ember Charter discovered that a strange metal runoff had polluted the Sleeping River. Those that entered its waters were covered in a thick petrifying slag, similar to the discarded remains of a blacksmith's forge.

The group trekked upstream to find a safe way across the contaminated river, and came upon raging rapids where dozens of petrified humanoid remains desperately clung onto crafted weapons, armor, and keepsakes. After an amulet (along with its owners head) was snatched from a desiccated statue, the rest of the corpses came to life with a fiery red flame, though their assault was hastily thwarted.

The group pressed on, soon arriving at the waterfall, where the towering source of the metallic corruption was finally met.