Kobolds & The Rusted Tower, Lore 24: March
East of Stortherhine in the Saltwater Marshes known as the Fenlands, or more simply the Fens, there is a Rusted Tower that juts out of the tidal waters. This tower is said to be the home of demons, and its exterior is rumored to be coated in blood. This is all my players have heard of this location, a vague rumor that obscures the truth of this place as much as it informs them about it. The Rusted Tower is actually the remains of an old cargo ship. The “tower” is the superstructure of the ship, and the only part that has not sunk beneath the mud and waves. The ship is thousands of years old, from the time of the ancients, and it is coated in a thick rust, the color of dried blood, giving rise to the rumor. It owes its continued existence to the diligent care of its predominant inhabitants: kobolds. It is powered by a still active nuclear reactor that the Kobolds have learned to maintain, and worship as a sort of deity. It only continues to function because it is cooled by the waters...