The Smell of Decaying Metal

Honorable Priestess,

We are following the rope to the Siege world. We headed past the forest, away from the sea, and followed the rope along many circles and curves. The journey has been long and we had to make camp, tying down the rope for the night.

The next morning, we continued to follow the rope until we hit a wall. The rope went through the wall. Fortunately, Kale the Human Mage and Tiny the Dwarven Cleric were able to cast a ritual to excavate our way through the wall. We followed the rope into a low cavern. The ceiling was so low that most of us (except for Tiny and Bran the Halfling Rogue) has to stoop down to get through.

We followed the rope into another room. This room was taller. There was an odd smell in the air, and the walls were dripping with a red fluid. Kale checked and discovered that the fluid was rusted iron.

At that moment, we were attacked by a group of rust monsters. They devoured Bran's Duelist Rapier, Tiny's Chain Mail, and Garg's Armor. Fortunately, we were able to defeat them and recovered the "residuom" of magic from these items.