Burial Mound Investigation, Part 4 – Agents of B.E.A.R.D. 034

The Assignment

Svamp, Moira, Shinichi, and DRACO head back to the burial mounds alongside their new friend Salix. Last time, they had found the construct that had been seeing carrying bodies upon it’s back. Now they must decide whether or not to destroy it before it has a chance to carry them.

Reward: 100gp/per person

Mission Summary

• We pick back up in the Southern room of the secret chamber the party found. They were face to face with the warforged-like construct that had been seen collecting bodies in both Sydund County and Hovedstad.
• Investigating the creature, likely in Sentry’s rest. Had “K 💀 2” inscribed on it’s chest plate. Draco recalled that these types of constructs were called a “Cadaver Collector” and their prime directive was to collect bodies from battle fields, new and old. Ancient design, so not as advanced as he and Salix. Sydund and Hovedstad aren’t battlefields, though, so it’s creator must be a necromancer with evil intentions.
• The teleportation circle was glowing a faint blue aura. Shinichi believes that it had been active within 10-minutes of their arrival. Either it had just traveled here, or someone just left.
• After much deliberation, it was determined that the construct must be dealt with to stop it from continuing to collect bodies. So, they attacked it. It woke up from it’s rest and returned fire. This creature was much tougher than expected, but they were able to take it down with almost no wear and tear other then some damage ⁠DRACO took.
• However, it did use most of their resources. So, they decided to head back to Sydund to regroup and report in and plan on returning to the underground complex in the morning.