Expedition to Whitefrost: Ruins of Ruetall Report 1010AR

|234Expedition|_to|_Whitefrost:|_|245Ruins|_of|_Ruetall|_|355-|_Lady|_Mikani|_Redreef|_Summer|_1010AR

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|355|[=a.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.|/|/|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|235Expedition|_to|_Whitefrost:|_Ruins|_of|_Ruetall|/|/|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|354Report|_by|_Lady|_Mikani|_Redreef,|_|/|354|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Society|_of|_Explorers|/|/|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|355|[=a.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.|/|/|234Expedition|_Lead:|_|454Baron|_Edward|_Stormbreak|/|/|234Expedition|_Included:|_|454Duke|_Valdemar|_Grimhall|_(provided|_Military)|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Marquis|_Fairen|_Leary|_(provided|_Ships)|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Count|_Turo|_Navegant|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Baroness|_Enyo|_de|_Lire|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Lady|_Eshra|_Rivenshari|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Lord|_Faelan|_Navegant|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Lady|_Mikani|_Redreef|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Captain|_Skapti|_of|_House|_Navegant|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Master|_Caspian|_Wild|/|454|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_Mistress|_Sheena|_of|_House|_Stormbreak|/|/|234Funding:|_|454House|_Stormbreak|_and|_House|_Redreef|/|/|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|045Whitefrost|_Isle|/|/|454Whitefrost|_Isle|_is|_the|_seat|_of|_House|_Stormbreak,|_a|_vassal|_House|_to|_House|_|/|454Navegant.|_It|_is|_in|_the|_northern|_reaches|_of|_the|_Mourning|_Isles.|_While|_this|/|454expedition|_did|_not|_go|_into|_the|_holdings|_of|_House|_Stormbreak,|_House|_Ruetall|/|454was|_said|_to|_inhabit|_the|_same|_island.|_This|_expedition|_was|_to|_find|_the|_ruins|/|454of|_House|_Ruetall.|/|/|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|045The|_Rutall|_Ruins|/|/|454Upon|_reaching|_the|_Ruins|_of|_House|_Rutall|_there|_was|_no|_resistance,|_which|_was|/|454good|_because|_it|_proved|_painstaking|_and|_difficult|_to|_map|_the|_entire|_area.|/|454This|_first|_mapping|_is|_just|_the|_general|_location|_of|_different|_landmarks|_and|/|454the|_like.|_Further|_details|_will|_be|_needed|_later,|_the|_forest|_alone|_one|_could|_|/|454spend|_weeks|_if|_not|_months|_mapping.|_The|_ruins|_are|_surrounded|_by|_a|_lush|_wood|/|454that|_covers|_several|_hills.|_Under|_the|_ruins|_is|_a|_series|_of|_caves.|/|/|454The|_Expedition|_did|_give|_a|_good|_general|_sense|_of|_the|_island.|_We|_can|_be|_|/|454certain|_(as|_one|_can|_be)|_that|_there|_is|_no|_Abandoned|_holdouts|_currently|_|/|454living|_on|_Whitefrost|_itself.|/|/|234Points|_of|_Interest|/|/|454Ruetall|_Castle|_once|_stood|_on|_an|_overlook|_hill|_that|_was|_on|_a|_crest|_near|_the|/|454main|_river.|_The|_only|_indication|_that|_the|_castle|_was|_there|_was|_the|_fact|_|/|454that|_the|_ground|_was|_leveled|_to|_allow|_for|_large|_fortifications|_and|_its|_|/|454strategic|_proximity.|_This|_shows|_the|_ferocious|_determination|_in|_which|_the|_|/|454castle|_was|_razed.|_No|_ruins|_were|_left|_behind,|_on|_the|_surface.|/|/|454In|_the|_area|_-|_we|_discovered|_some|_tunnels|_underneath|_inside|_the|_cave|_made|/|454of|_smoothed|_stone.|_Walls|_of|_the|_tunnels|_are|_all|_decorated|_with|_symbols|_of|_|/|454Mangata|_in|_a|_design|_unique|_to|_Ruetall.|_The|_symbols|_have|_a|_strange|_wave|_with|/|454swords|_and|_shields|_around|_them.|_Not|_something|_seen|_by|_the|_rest|_of|_the|_Faith|/|454of|_the|_Pantheon.|/|/|454Once|_inside|_the|_tunnels,|_we|_found|_perhaps|_thousands|_of|_skeletons.|_What|_was|/|454odd|_was|_compared|_to|_other|_digs|_these|_skeletons|_had|_no|_weapons,|_no|_armor|_nor|/|454clothing.|_Just|_bodies.|_Bones|_were|_stuck|_oddly|_in|_the|_stone|_wall,|_as|_if|_they|/|454had|_been|_smashed|_into|_it.|/|/|454Some|_have|_been|_broken|_to|_bits.|_Some|_look|_chewed|_or|_partially|_dissolved.|_At|_|/|454the|_bottom|_of|_the|_tunnel,|_the|_area|_widens|_into|_a|_massive|_underground|_|/|454cavern.|_The|_cavern|_measured|_hundreds|_of|_yards|_across.|/|/|454In|_the|_center|_of|_the|_cavern|_is|_a|_deep|_black|_pool|_with|_no|_clear|_bottom.|_|/|454Something|_that|_looks|_like|_a|_skeletal|_shark|_head,|_though|_at|_least|_50|_feet|/|454across,|_was|_protruding|_out|_of|_the|_pool|_while|_hundreds|_of|_piles|_of|_human|_|/|454bones|_circle|_the|_chamber.|_The|_mode|_of|_death|_is|_a|_mystery|_-|_though|_there|_are|_|/|454no|_weapons.|_Our|_expedition|_only|_seemed|_to|_raise|_more|_questions|_than|_provide|_|/|454any|_answers.|_More|_research|_and|_expeditions|_may|_be|_needed.