Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 4 - Rustbucket

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Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 4 - Rustbucket

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The party entered the ruined city of Rustbucket and found ancient systems still grinding along long after their builders were gone. Mechanical figures hunted animals, rendered bodies into wax and candles, and fed towering light pylons that once illuminated the streets. Birds in the ruins warned of nearby dangers: a toxic lake where nothing survived, underground complexes called “the god’s tunnels,” enormous cables hauling the dead into the clouds, and massive shelled creatures roaming the region.

In the city’s outskirts, the group encountered a rival scavenger crew—armed, tense, and clearly hunting the same salvage. Outside the ruins proper they met Jal, a chalk-using magician trying to restore a shattered plastic-book library. Jal offered knowledge, magical training, shelter, and a chance to build a long-term base if the group would help rebuild and defend the archive.

Alongside the exploration, personal threads surfaced. Moss voiced her growing distrust of the expeditions, Neus raised concerns about a missing farmling, and Momma’s forbidden genealogy book remained a dangerous secret. By the end of the session, the group debated their next move: press deeper into Rustbucket, investigate disappearances, commit to restoring the library, or steer clear of expedition forces entirely.

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