The Mortis Mines
Just what are the Mortis Mines? Maybe it’d be easiest for a member of the Ossuary Society to explain it…
“Once the Arbiters had come to an… understanding with the locals, we were able to move in to begin our preliminary investigation of the area to determine if damage similar to that seen at Gunstock had been caused.”
“The constant undead incursions at the Bleed suggested that the Mortis was suffering from some manner of irritant, if not outright trauma, and our investigation followed along those lines. We were swiftly able to locate an area that we believe Doctor Barrows was working out of, but we were not prepared for what we found.”
“We have determined that the mass production of necrology resources from this area was through direct mining of the Mortis Amaranthine, through the soil and rock and directly into the fungus and flesh below, the biological matter that underlies our world. The ‘immune response’ has been redirected towards the Bleed by necrological means currently unknown. We suspect that resource production was merely a byproduct of the true purpose of these ‘Mortis Mines’ – but we do not yet know what the Doctor was truly trying to accomplish.”
“We suspect he may still be somewhere inside the Mines, but the necrological conveyance that leads down into them that has – unfortunately – had the colloquial name of the ‘Hellevator’ stick amongst the lower-ranking operatives on site was sabotaged by Barrows and/or his assistants. We will need to work our way through level by level finding a way to repair the ‘Hellevator’ and exploring what we find, to attempt to ascertain his purposes and apprehend him and his assistants, if they are still inside.”
“As well -- while we would never perform such an incision into the Mortis ourselves, we would be foolish not to take this opportunity to learn from it. There may be until-now unknown organisms (parasitic or otherwise) living within the depths, and other knowledge that we may be able to discover while dealing with this crisis.”
“Accordingly, we have established a base camp outside the entrance and are beginning preparations to hire mercenaries to go down into the Mines.”
Gear up, wastelanders. You’re going down… literally.