Although New Cyre’s citizens have an understandable interest in exploring and taming the Mournland, a few explorers have a much more specific purpose when they venture into these dark and twisted depths. Several surviving soldiers believe that General Alvos Brillik, one of Cyre’s greatest military minds, was leading a legion out of Metrol on the Day of Mourning. Explorers want not only to recover his banner or his signet ring as a sign of solidarity, but also to locate Hillcrusher, the legendary flail he carried into battle.
Even if explorers were to discover Brillik’s resting place, it’s unlikely they would live to report its location. Anyone who stumbles upon the ruins of Brillik’s caravan is immediately attacked by dozens of swords, daggers, maces, and other weapons, all treated as appropriately sized animated objects (MM 13, but with a 40-foot fly speed and good maneuverability). In addition to the normal hazards of animated objects, any one of these weapons can attempt a touch attack on a target; if it succeeds, the subject must make a successful DC 13 Will save for each nonmagical melee weapon she carries. Each weapon for which the save fails animates and attacks its bearer. Whether Hillcrusher or Brillik’s body or banner truly remains in the ruins of the caravan is anyone’s guess.