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--- rusty_cave [2026/08/17 00:08] – dungeonmaster
+++ rusty_cave [2026/08/26 19:30] (current) – dungeonmaster
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 The "**Rusty Cave**" is rumored by everyone around [[Goldvale]] to be the habitat of a rust monster. Given that everyone frets about their metal items rusting in an encounter with one, the cave does not get many visitors.((Fun fact, gold does not rust.))
-It turns out however that this cave is not the home to any rust monsters. Instead it is a gold vault once owned by gnomes. Gnomes who left mechanical and magical traps behind.
+It turns out however that this cave is not the home to any rust monsters. Instead it is a gold vault once owned by gnomes. Gnomes who left mechanical and magical traps behind. The **Rusty Cave** hides additional lore. Gnomish in nature, with a huge amount of gold sitting around and possibly other surprises for some future time.
 In this campaign eventually [[Skip]] goes to the Rusty Cave believing there to be treasure, for which he is very correct, but he gets trapped in a vault where the gold is acting like quicksand.
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 ====Impact On The Campaign====
-  * [[Eyrun]] dies here, essentially drowning in a room full of gold that functionally works the same as quicksand. This removes a major player character from the campaign.
+  * [[Eyrun]] dies here __in the original timeline__, essentially drowning in a room full of gold that functionally works the same as quicksand. This removes a major player character from the campaign
-  * [[Alimir]] uses his ability to "misty step" through the barriers of the room to freedom, escaping death. Truth be told, Alimir fares better than anyone else involved.
+    * [[Alimir]] uses his ability to "misty step" through the barriers of the room to freedom, escaping death. Truth be told, Alimir fares better than anyone else involved.
-  * [[Jules]], [[Urist]] & [[Skip]] all escape but only because [[Wyrd Uncle Lugo]] sends them a magical contract to sign right before they're about to die, contract terms unseen, but signing it obligates him to save them. So they all do. This was offered to [[Eyrun]] as well, but she declined, thus pride killed her. It is worth noting that [[Skip]] is part of the contract.
+    * [[Jules]], [[Urist]] & [[Skip]] all escape but only because [[Wyrd Uncle Lugo]] sends them a magical contract to sign right before they're about to die, contract terms unseen, but signing it obligates him to save them. So they all do. This was offered to [[Eyrun]] as well, but she declined, thus pride killed her. It is worth noting that [[Skip]] is part of the contract.
-  * In the rounds leading up to the near TPK, [[Urist]] took the most extreme action and drew cards from the infamous "Deck Of Many Things." He got the Skull, Knight & Jester cards. A little of which has lasting implications.
+    * In the rounds leading up to the near TPK, [[Urist]] took the most extreme action and drew cards from the infamous "Deck Of Many Things." He got the Skull, Knight & Jester cards. A little of which has lasting implications.
-  * The **Rusty Cave** hides its own lore. Gnomish in nature, with a huge amount of gold sitting around and possibly other surprises for some future time.
-  * The **Rusty Cave** is the final resting place of [[Eyrun|Eyrun Nephele]] as far as anyone knows, and may potentially hold loot that she had as treasure inside of the gold vault. To figure out what she had, see [[https://caislen.com/doku.php?id=eyrun&do=backlink|all things that link to Eyrun]] and the pdf of her character sheet as well.
+====Return To The Rusty Cave====
+  * In __the original timeline__ [[Jules]], [[Urist]], [[Alimir]], [[NueNue]], [[Phoebe]] & [[Vesper]] all head to the **Rusty Cave** the day after [[Eyrun]]'s death in the hopes of retrieving the body & Eyrun's loot.
+    * While there they learn that the gnomish constructs regenerate / self heal and reset traps.
+    * Eyrun's body is recovered, possessions looted, and in the process [[Phoebe]] Nephele is murdered by everyone else. Thus the second Nephele sister dies at **The Rusty Cave**.
+    * Phoebe's body is dumped in a shallow grave just outside of the cave.
+    * Eyrun, or rather what is left of Eyrun, is hauled off by the others.
+====Murder/Technically Suicide At The Rusty Cave====
+  * Due to the [[Nephele Timeline Branch Event]] original party members Urist, Jules, & Alimir all manage to gang up and murder their alternate selves here. Meanwhile the alternate [[Eyrun]] is rendered unconscious after [[Urist]] drugs here with some [[The Mistwood|Mistwood Sap]] and left alive, even carefully taken safely away afterward.
+    * [[Skip]] is never rescued by The Party in the new branched timeline and unknown to everyone else still ends up signing a contract with [[Wyrd Uncle Lugo]] to save himself and Lugo remains unaware that Jules & Urist signed as well in the original timeline, making only Skip indebted to Lugo now.