Eberron - Rising from the Last War

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Perhaps the most outlandish idea is that the Lord of

Blades is not a true warforged at all. The first warforged

were created by an artificer named Aaren d'Cannith,

who became furious when the house used his invention

to create weapons of war. Based on that knowledge,

some believe Aaren transferred his consciousness into

a warforged body so that he could personally seek ven­

geance for the wrongs done to his children.

In the years following the war, the Lord of Blades is

a force to be reckoned with. The warforged are some

of the few beings able to thrive in the desolation of the

Mournland, so the followers of the Lord of Blades are

building a nation of their own amid the devastation.

They search out and scour sites that were devastated in

the Mourning to gather lost weapons and magic, all part

of their preparations for full-scale war against the crea­

tures of flesh.

WARFORGED 0SSUARY

A warforged ossuary is a former temple, crypt, or

warehouse deep in the Mournland that now houses the

remains of slain warforged. It is a place of honor and re­

flection for the Lord of Blades and his followers.

WA RFORGED 0SSUARY FEATURES

The ossuary depicted in map 4.6 was once a temple,

which has been refitted into a resting place for the Lord

of Blades' followers. Equal parts crypt, monument,

vault, and workshop, the ossuary serves many functions

CHAPTER 4 I BUILDING EBERRON ADVENTURES

for the warforged who maintain it. Other ossuaries exist

in a variety of locations. The basic functions of these

places remain the same, regardless of the original pur­

pose of the structure. The Lord of Blades' warforged

troops defend these sites with their lives.

WA RFORGED OssuARY ADVENTURES

The Warforged Ossuary Adventures table offers some

reasons why characters might seek out such a place.

WARFORGED 0SSUARY ADVENTURES

d6 Adventure Goal

Rescue an artificer who is being forced to graft war­

forged components onto the Lord of Blades' warriors.

2 Locate a docent (see chapter 5) carried by a warforged

wizard who has joined up with the Lord of Blades.

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Capture a warforged artificer thought to be an advisor

to the Lord of Blades, who is touring a series of ossu­

aries and inspecting the remains.

Steal a House Cannith spell book and workshop log

from before the Day of Mourning that is being held in

the ossuary's vault.

Extract a warforged spy from within the Lord of

Blades' followers who is close to being discovered.

Retrieve a Cannith schema supposedly held within the

ossuary that tells of a process for transferring a war­

forged consciousness from one body to another.

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