This week’s location showcase for our At the Heart of Ruin expansion reveals the Ember Mines, a highly contested site that once belonged to the Dwarves of Dvendar Tharr, but has recently become a den for the numerous scavenger gangs that plague Varnurud. Whether it's sacrificial burnings or the enjoyment of human flesh, these savages are hardly the kind you’d be happy to encounter in the Ember Mines’ depths. No wonder that few go near the site – to do so is to invite death – though the resources within are said to be plenty, and there is talk of far more down the shaft than mere scrap.

Thus, a simple question arises: how is it that such antagonistic gangs coexist with each other when they’re just as likely to murder anyone who so much as passes by? Suffice to say that the makeshift scaffolding and the tunnels that bore deep into the rock do a fine job of maintaining just enough segregation so that everyone doesn’t get… well, massacred. Thus, each gang occupies its own turf inside the Mines, unable to eliminate the others. It’s a delicate balance, but somehow, all present have come to understand it, no matter how much they despise it.

And what, pray tell, will your role be in the Ember Mines? Only time will tell. And speaking of time, it’s up for this week, so we hope you’ll join us for more and more teasers as we sally forth toward the expansion’s release date. Until next time, stay vigilant, stay curious, and conquer the wasteland!

– The Lost Pilgrims Team

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