Stan Building
-Decrepit Machines-
Ever since the Quantum Lands came to be months ago, there have been dozens of reports of strange temples appearing all around the world. After an unknown event led to a flooded cave almost completely running dry, a local merchant residing in a nearby village discovered another one of these temples. Because the Sages of Vör are still doing research into the origin of these places and the potential dangers that could lie in them, they have warned people to not wander into them. Despite these warnings, the merchant decides to venture into the temple to see with his own eyes what the place holds.
After opening the door of the temple and after a short while of descending a long and decayed staircase, the merchant discovers a gigantic statue depicting some sort of important figure for the people who built the place. As he tries to continue his exploration into the temple, he finds that a large part of the temple is still flooded with water making it impossible to go on. Although the lack of light makes it difficult to see how deep the water is, he does notice something strange in there; a large, robotic hand sticking out of the surface. Feeling creeped out by this, the merchant decides that this is a proper time to leave the temple and to notify the Sages. But as soon as he turns around, he sees that the door he opened is starting to close. Despite his desperate attempt to reach it before it closes, the door gets sealed shut before he can make it out, locking him in the temple. The merchant tries to scream for help, but he soon notices a weird metallic sound coming from behind. As he looks down at the end of the stairway, he sees that the metal hand in the water has started to move. Paralysed with fear, he helplessly watches as a gigantic robot twice the size of him emerges from the water. Despite the metal being having large parts of its body completely covered with barnacles and plants, it has no issue with moving up the stairs at an unnatural speed while its red, glowing eyes are pointed directly at the man. The merchant makes one last hopeless attempt to force open the door, but it's of no use. The robot raises its hand, and one moment later blood starts flowing down the stairs.
A couple of days after the incident, a few Sages have been sent down to document as much as they can about the temple. After forcing open the door, they soon discover the body of the missing merchant lying in front of the doorway surrounded by dried up blood. While one of them stays behind to report the body to the GPC, the other grabs a flashlight and starts walking into the temple. In the past months they’ve seen a lot of temples built in an almost identical way, but this specific one has something interesting in it; As the Sage shines her flashlight on the water that’s still flooding the place, she can make out several dozen identical robots lifelessly standing on the bottom of the water. Along with that, she can see an even bigger robot in the back of the group resembling the statue right next to her. Filled with questions, the Sage documents everything worth noting in the temple and returns back up the staircase to make her journey back to the Library of Alexandria.
As she and the other Sage close the door behind them, they fail to notice that the eyes of the gigantic robot in the water have started to glow.
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Another build for the Quantum Lands RPG. Huge thanks to KitKat1414 for helping me out with the editing for this pic.
-Decrepit Machines-
Ever since the Quantum Lands came to be months ago, there have been dozens of reports of strange temples appearing all around the world. After an unknown event led to a flooded cave almost completely running dry, a local merchant residing in a nearby village discovered another one of these temples. Because the Sages of Vör are still doing research into the origin of these places and the potential dangers that could lie in them, they have warned people to not wander into them. Despite these warnings, the merchant decides to venture into the temple to see with his own eyes what the place holds.
After opening the door of the temple and after a short while of descending a long and decayed staircase, the merchant discovers a gigantic statue depicting some sort of important figure for the people who built the place. As he tries to continue his exploration into the temple, he finds that a large part of the temple is still flooded with water making it impossible to go on. Although the lack of light makes it difficult to see how deep the water is, he does notice something strange in there; a large, robotic hand sticking out of the surface. Feeling creeped out by this, the merchant decides that this is a proper time to leave the temple and to notify the Sages. But as soon as he turns around, he sees that the door he opened is starting to close. Despite his desperate attempt to reach it before it closes, the door gets sealed shut before he can make it out, locking him in the temple. The merchant tries to scream for help, but he soon notices a weird metallic sound coming from behind. As he looks down at the end of the stairway, he sees that the metal hand in the water has started to move. Paralysed with fear, he helplessly watches as a gigantic robot twice the size of him emerges from the water. Despite the metal being having large parts of its body completely covered with barnacles and plants, it has no issue with moving up the stairs at an unnatural speed while its red, glowing eyes are pointed directly at the man. The merchant makes one last hopeless attempt to force open the door, but it's of no use. The robot raises its hand, and one moment later blood starts flowing down the stairs.
A couple of days after the incident, a few Sages have been sent down to document as much as they can about the temple. After forcing open the door, they soon discover the body of the missing merchant lying in front of the doorway surrounded by dried up blood. While one of them stays behind to report the body to the GPC, the other grabs a flashlight and starts walking into the temple. In the past months they’ve seen a lot of temples built in an almost identical way, but this specific one has something interesting in it; As the Sage shines her flashlight on the water that’s still flooding the place, she can make out several dozen identical robots lifelessly standing on the bottom of the water. Along with that, she can see an even bigger robot in the back of the group resembling the statue right next to her. Filled with questions, the Sage documents everything worth noting in the temple and returns back up the staircase to make her journey back to the Library of Alexandria.
As she and the other Sage close the door behind them, they fail to notice that the eyes of the gigantic robot in the water have started to glow.
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Another build for the Quantum Lands RPG. Huge thanks to KitKat1414 for helping me out with the editing for this pic.