Fortress Mechanotus
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[edit] Points of Interest
- A - Zone in from Dragonscale Hills
- B - "The runway" - safe kiting area and elevators into the fortress itself
- C - Octa the Collector roaming area/lattice towers
- D - Zone to Meldrath's Majestic Mansion
- E - Zone to S.H.I.P Workshop
[edit] Named NPCs
[edit] Raid
[edit] Group
- Bablage, Master Lifter
- Belchforth the Unclean
- Chief Machinist Bildarol
- Eldervine drops Tier 1 chest items
- Firemarshal Unit IV
- Groundskeeper Cotongle
- Hardbottom, Recycler Union drops Tier 1 wrist items
- Hogswaller drops Tier 1 feet items
- Ironfoot drops Tier 1 arms items
- Part Sorter Model XV
- Rusty drops Tier 1 hand items
- Siege Inspector Huttle
- Siegemarshal Kenti Tinwhistle
- Sootmane the Brute drops Tier 1 legs items
- Steamwork Guardian Model I drops Tier 1 head items
- The Gearmarshal hits hard
[edit] Quest/Lore
[edit] Quests
- Oil Cans (solo)
- Did We Forget the Cheese (group)
[edit] Lore
Home to the mad Gnome, Meldrath the Mad, Fortress Mechanotus is a giant cuckoo clock of gears, sprockets, geysers and steam driven machines. Meldrath uses his mechanized creations to wreak his vengeance on his own people, who many years before rejected and exiled him. The Fortress is a dangerous place as Meldrath's insanity knows no limits.
Meldrath the Malignant is a well known trouble maker in the gnome city of Ak'Anon. His past is fraught with pain and hatred, and his anger toward the people of Ak'Anon knows no limits. For several decades Meldrath has been known to inhabit the mines in Steamfont. Too close for comfort for most gnomes, but at least King Ak'Anon and his people knew where he was. At least they thought they did.
The gnome that has been running the mines for so long is only an apprentice, given the unpleasant task by his master of masquerading as Meldrath to keep suspicion away from his other activities. During those decades Meldrath has been busy building Fortress Mechanotus. Mechanotus is a massive fortress ringed with gnomish siege devices, built on a plateau in the heart of the Steamfont Mountains. After more than twenty years his scheming and construction are complete! Faydwer will tremble with the power of Fortress Mechanotus as it rises into the air to begin its assault on Ak'Anon!
Meldrath's fortress swarms with various types of the creatures he calls steamworks. He has improved on the feeble clockworks created by other gnomes by giving them a volatile steam power source, making them much stronger and perhaps a bit less reliable. Minotaurs still handle Meldrath's slaves, which now include a tribe of unfortunate brownies that have adapted to life inside the massive metallic fortress. At the apex of Fortress Mechanotus is Meldrath's Majestic Mansion, the heart of a massive mechanomagical war machine. It is there that Meldrath himself resides. It is there that the destruction of Ak'Anon may yet find its beginning.
