General Summary
Adamantine is the most common of the incredibly rare skymetals, and is known for its incredible hardness, strength, and ability to hold an edge.
It is sometimes loosely known as Numerian Steel, after the land where the largest known deposits are found. Adamantine is not native to Golarion , but is brought to this world from outer space in the form of crashed spaceships or meteorites. It is so tough that it often survives the brutal entry through the atmosphere. The metal is magnetic.
Weapons made of adamantine are incredibly hard and durable, and adamantine blades can cut through almost any material with ease. It can also be fashioned into incredibly dense, protective armor.
Manipulating the metal requires special forges capable of reaching extreme temperatures due to its high melting point. The dwarves long-ago discovered that carbauxine gas could be collected and used for this purpose. The most recognised forge and mine is found in Riddleport.
The town of Torch in Numeria is also capable of easily working with adamantine and other skymetals. Indeed, the town is founded on its capability for metalworking and smithing, even though the strange purple flame in the town that is used for forging can be dangerously unstable.
With this flame being out, so is the economic centre of Torch. With the first expedition not having the returned, the towns leftovers attempted a dive in to the Black Hill caves and now rest after a devesting fight with the Gremlins.
Restarting
rose exampines Thorn
Teal illumination is currently dull
Edge of yellow, orange, red
Usually smooth surface is currently coated in obsidian/scale-like armour
Seems flexible
Seems like it integrated some of the sand
Discussion
Split the Party
- Bonnie & Thorn go back to get Bessie
August, rose, and Shota search the area
August, Shota, rose
- The huts
Seem to be made of scrap and bits of pieces stolen from Torch
What stands out is that these were constructed swiftly, and recently
Stuff here that rose and others would have thrown out as unrepairable tech
August
There was a fight here
Blood here, footprints there
Blood a few days old
Footprints
The hole
Air moves
It goes somewhere, not just down
Sheet of metal straight across a crack in the cave wall
More blood in the area
Underneath the metal, it looks like a drag mark of someone bleeding heavily
Two/three puncture marks in the sand/dust; not normal feet
45 ft from the hole, eastward
August
Hesitates after nodding
Broach
Replaced with ?
Shoulder length, dark wavy hair
Dark brown eyes
Sallow skin
Dressed all in black, good quality clothes
6'6"
Broach
Random austentateous piece of jewelry
Looks like a cogwheel
Symbol of the Technic League
Pretending to be with the Technic League
"It suits me to have them think I am."
Seen this face, years ago
Kolug-Kul, the son of the Black Sovereign
rose points her gun at K
"You'll have to give us a good story."
Bonnie & Thorn
Bonnie has never seen an android absorb sand
B: "What in the 7 hells are you?"
Focusing on the goal
B heads back to Val
Gets something that smells of Khonnir Baine
Regroup: Confrontation
S: You're not the only one from the big city. You should choose your words very carefully.
K: What I have to say is too important to not to believe me.
K: The reason they think I'm here, I'm supposed to be looking for an Android. Put a crystal necklace in it.
K: I came looking for you [rose]
The Story
Meant to be looking for an android, and disable it
Pulls out a crystal
"I'm supposed to put things in it. I'm not going to. Everyone knows the TL are a bunch of bastards."
"I came here to recruit you Whatever the TL are up to, it's no good. I can't just stand there and ."
Wanted Poster for rose
B wants to know why
S thinks
There's a good reason we're supposed to be together, and it's not the reason you think.
They're probably after
B trusts Shota
Shota tries to sneak something into K's hand
"Oh, I didn't know that existed."
Back on Task
Bessie can track Khonnir Baine by scent
Heads towards the metal
K manages to pull the metal apart
Thorn holds the door for all of us
The Room
Bright white light
Mangled pieces of a metal floor, raised up in different parts
Smear of blood that continues on and up the hallway
Leads to another do
The Next Door
- r tells B about K being the son of the
Black Sovereign
Shota finds a panel
Recognises a language
In androffen: Select 1/4 things
First word: To Understand / To See
Second Word: Knowledge / Library
Third Word: Doesn't know this character; relates to constructs / androids
Fourth Word: One other piece not lit up, like the rest of the writing
K takes a closer look
Something akin to the words of a 'report update' or 'log'
Thorn steps forward and presses the third symbol
Flashes up a warning to Thorn
Returns to the initial
rose presses the second button
The Library isn't finish / not all there; not available
Asks for a connection to something
B suggests
Thorn pushes first button
Asks for 4 things
Floors in a house
1: Message
Floor 1 is not there
Floor 2 is not there
Floor 3
Very interesting screen
Lots of different rooms
Movement or seeing what is in there
Don't understand all the words
Holding area
Locked Hallways
Living Space
Thorn's lights go black
No response
Thorns pop out
rose presses Living Space
Info comes up
2 of something in there
Movement of way more
Nothing happens here
B is panicking, worried that Thorn will attack us soon
K gets the door open on the second attempt
The Next Room
Bright White
Boxes to the left, piled up
Panel on the other side
Open doorway that leads into a hallway, with another open door beyond that
Door to the right near the
Massive box on the right that seems to contain something
Bits of yellow and red poking out of it
Sounds comes from the box?
Thorn steps closer to the drone
Tripod is geared to the rest of us
The Tripedal Android(?)
Reacting to us, not Thorn
It's saying something
Once it repeats its message
S gets a canister from the south boxes
Warning: Be careful around fire
Heavy
Working on a piece of crumpled metal
Seen machines given an instruction and will carry it out to the letter
Doesn't seem
B: Bessie, make friends
Looks like Bessie will lick the thing
Garbled sound that's normal, but like there's sound in behind it
Android goes back to what it's doing
K: Looks at the Panel
Same as before
3 lit up, 1 dull option
S: Searches the large bin
Finds nets in there; like used for catching fish or animals
S & B grab nets
S: 1; Bonnie: 4
Thick, sturdy, super light
Stretches just a little, but not enough to let something through
K grabs two cannisters at r's suggestion
One filled, one unfilled
T is blocking the way
rose tries to tell it to move
It instead steps past her, ignoring her
B takes in things
Much like Thorn took in sand
Crackle, followed by an actual cow sound
T staggers back
Serious damage
Thorns disappear
Returns to normal lighting, but low
We decide to let the android determine the next step
Thorn moves forward
Marching Order
Thorn/Bessie – rose – Bonnie – Shota – Kulog
The Sandy Space
Completely different
Brightly lit, really warm
Yellow sand beneath our feet
Opens into a massive space, hundreds of feet wide
Pile up of sand in the distance
Faint trail where we expect something was dragged through the sand
Skeleton
Humanoid, but non-familiar configuration
4 arms
Very long head
S examines
Similar canine structure
Omnivore / carinvore
Not anything like it on Golarion
Thorn Identifies and speaks for the first time - Species: Kasatha
r is shocked by this; also unhappy
r asks her to identify Bonnie
T: Species: Gnome
T follows it up by identifying rose as
Species: Abberation
r asks it to keep an eye out for threats, and let her know
T: Species: @gh
1 North and 1 South
Past
Moving Forward
Very bright light above us
Can't see beyond it
Almost like a sun
East, carefully, quietly
Path also avoid various alien skeletons
As we pass the hill of sand
Voice rings out, loud
Comes from all around
One voice from multiple places
Tone: Angry
Can't understand what it's saying
rose asks Thorn
Idiom: Unknown
B recommends r shoots the light if she can
Voice returns, more angry
Distinct sense of confusion, and proprietory 'this is mine' vibe
Skeletons rise up
No weapons
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