Editing Session 139 The Metal Peak's Embrace

{{Session
|campaign=Echos of Lhynn
|session_date=10 October 2025
|game_date=Afternoon, CY627 (Continuing)
|synopsis=The party tracked [[Lexana Brightshore]]'s prints into a strange, unearthly metal structure deep within the Barrier Peaks. Trapped inside a high-tech foyer, they explored a silent, desolate section of the structure, encountering strange automatons, one of which they repaired. Shortly thereafter they engage in a tense battle with a beautiful, weaponized female construct, which ended the fight by injecting Durmen with a mysterious substance.
|summary=
==== Continued from [[Session 138 The Garrisons Respite]] ====

=== The Metal Peak's Embrace ===
The pursuit of [[Lexana Brightshore]] culminated in a valley dominated by a strange '''metallic and stone mountain'''. Following fresh, human-sized prints into a cave at its base, the party was immediately trapped when two internal '''steel doors''' silently sealed their exit. As they approached the next set of doors, they slid open, revealing an unsettling foyer dominated by a cylindrical well sealed by '''iris-shaped mechanisms'''—clear evidence of an advanced, unnatural structure.

=== Echoes of a Lost Crew ===
Moving through a door sealed by a '''pulsing black opal''', Balmaris immediately discovered '''skeletal remains''' wearing alien, gypsy-like uniforms of strange texture. This was clearly no traditional dungeon; it was the scene of a long-ago disaster. Continuing down the passage, Durmen and Nail found more remains, including the desiccated husk of a human in armor. Durmen salvaged a '''glowing diamond''' from a crushed automaton, which pulsed with electric energy and confounded the party's magical senses. Balmaris also discovered a kitchen construct slumped at a counter—another machine stopped mid-task.

=== The Malfunctioning Servant ===
The party's curiosity was piqued when they encountered a third metallic figure, a large '''sweeper construct''', attempting to clean the skeletal remains in the dining hall. Noting the machine's stiff, jerky movements, Durmen cast '''Mend'''. The spell successfully smoothed the automaton's actions, causing it to quickly finish its task before marching out of sight down a side passage. This strange success demonstrated that their magic could, in fact, affect these metal inhabitants.

=== Conflict and The Strange Cure ===
Durmen soon spotted a large chamber containing a beautiful human female figure—a sight that immediately brought [[Lexana Brightshore]] to mind. As Balmaris recklessly rushed into the room, the figure snapped upright and, with lightning-quick movements, fired two '''rays of energy''' from a metallic wand. Durmen was immediately '''immobilized''' by the blast. The ensuing desperate battle saw the woman/construct attacking with a hidden blade while the party struggled to land telling blows.

Nail's '''Divine Smites''' were the only attacks that inflicted lasting damage, causing the construct to leak oil and smoke. Durmen, recovering enough to act, cast '''Mend''' again, causing the woman to stop attacking and enter a brief fit. Once stable, she fixed a strange, '''wiry smile''' on Durmen and, in a final, shocking move, swiftly jabbed him in the neck with a syringe that protruded from her index finger. The party stood frozen, unsure of what substance had just been administered.

|key_npcs=
[[Lexana Brightshore]]
|session_title=The Metal Peak's Embrace
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