Encounter-a-Day

While traveling in the Mournlands, the players come across a troop of warforged standing motionless. The warforged are fully aware, but have been standing in the same spot since the mourning (which they survived, but do not remember) since they lack orders.

A male-personality warforged named Hammer is the leader of the troop, and his standing orders were to defend Cyre and eliminate Karrnathi troops. As such, the warforged are all friendly to Cyran characters, hostile to Karrnathis, and neutral to all others. However, due to the constantly shifting nature of alliances in the Last War, it is not especially difficult to convince Hammer that Karrnathis are no longer his enemy. That said, he is wary of characters who display signs of Karrnathi heritage or speak with a Karrnathi accent. He will not order an attack unless the character appears to be a Karrnathi soldier or the PCs attack the warforged first. Hammer and his men might be convinced to follow the PCs, particularly if there is a Cyran among them.

Complication: One of the warforged, Fracture, has grown slightly insane over the years. He is now fanatically devoted to the defense of Cyre, and considers any non-Cyran an enemy. He will follow Hammer’s orders up to a point, but if Hammer allies with any non-Cyrans (even if there are Cyrans among the group), Fracture will break rank, declare that Hammer is “malfunctioning,” and attempt to lead the other warforged in a mutiny against Hammer and the PCs.