Our Friends Under the Mountain

While I own metal weapons I can say they are not necessary for me to fight. I will help you Ilana.

Erik

Ilana,

This Priest of Brazen and Ranger more than willing to help. I will speak with ye at the Ball about this.

-Duncan

Chaplain,

Something needing a kicking?

I am pretty good at smithing and if anyone wants me to make a crystal weapon I could be sitting at the forge waiting if needed.

Berek

Questions asked: Will something alloyed with crystal be affected?
Answer: No idea honestly. Currently we do not have enough blood to test. I'd go with better safe than sorry.

Things we know about the creatures:
-The creatures are animal-like and made of metal (we do not know why their blood does not affect them)
Maybe this means lightning would be more effective against them?

-They appeared shortly after 'the zones of "nothingness" disappeared' (I believe this is 'After the Null were defeated')
Their condition is a mutation or some kind of evolutionary trait. I am a bit worried Wyrd stones might be involved as I know they can cause mutations in creatures.

-Researching the alchemical properties of the blood proved it is not alchemical in nature, but it may be a useful component in creating acid bombs.

-There are blight and poison traits combined in the blood that allow it to corrode metal. Since we know nothing else about the creatures, we're unsure why this does not affect them. This blood is strong enough to warp mithril.

-The blood does not interact in any way with non-metallic compounds. So anything protected by such (or, if they'll work, changed to the correct composition with Brazen's aid) will not be affected.

Other notes:
-Gates currently are not working well down there (he was only able to send me a letter with the blood used as ink and is unable to send anything currently because it will take too much effort away from him protecting his home with his barrier). They are being dampened by something unknown. However, I was able to reach out with a psionic crystal to Glangill and received a bit of information on where to find him though his response was very short. (This is my partial concern if magic/divine/other powers will work as effectively down there.)
-We're sure that the gates are being dampened by something else and not whatever these metallic creatures are.


-Squire Ilana Darkwood

Let me try to reestablish contact with Dougal McMutton and see what he knows