Willowmere
Chapter 8

The Stonewake Highlands

11 creatures, from the smallest up.

Oreback Beetle.

Oreback BeetleShells and carapaces

Level
15
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Gale
Resists
Stone
Drops
Crab Shell, Mountain Iron, Healing Draught, Bronze Ore, Clear Essence, Bronze Sabatons and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
Quarry Terraces

Oreback Beetles eat iron and leave the rest of the rock tidy. The quarrymen of Stonewake follow them to find a seam, which the beetles find very rude.

Stonehide.

StonehideStone, iron and clockwork

Level
16
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Gale
Resists
Stone Ember
Drops
Mountain Iron, Old Iron, Healing Draught, Bronze Ore, Clear Essence, Bronze Plate Helm and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
Quarry Terraces

A Stonehide is a slab of the mountain that decided to walk. It moves slowly and hits like a landslide, so it can afford to.

Scree Hare.

Scree HareHares and quick small things

Level
17
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Ember
Resists
Frost
Drops
Soft Tuft, Snowcap, Healing Draught, Flax Fiber, Clear Essence, Bronze Jerkin and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
Greywind Scree

The Scree Hare runs down loose stone faster than I fall down it. The snowfields keep their tracks for a week, and they lead nowhere I can follow.

Ashwing.

AshwingWings

Level
18
Element
Ember
Weak to
Stone
Resists
Gale
Drops
Ashwing Plume, Focus Tonic, Flax Fiber, Clear Essence, Bronze Leather Trousers, Bronze Boots and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
Greywind Scree

Ashwings ride the warm air over the Scree and trail soot like a fireplace with wings. The miners say an ashwing overhead means a cave-in below, so they leave very quickly.

Slag Lizard.

Slag LizardScales and fen things

Level
18
Element
Ember
Weak to
Frost
Resists
Ember
Drops
Slag Glass, Thorn Spine, Focus Tonic, Flax Fiber, Clear Essence, Bronze Bracers and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
Quarry Terraces

Slag Lizards bask on the hot slag heaps and bite anything colder than they are. That is everything.

Slag Slime.

Slag SlimeMosses and slimes

Level
18
Element
Ember
Weak to
Frost
Resists
Ember
Drops
Slag Glass, Focus Tonic, Clear Essence, Bronze Gloves, Bronze Shoes, Bronze Sage Pendant
Made for
Two together
Where
The Quarry Deeps; The Heart Chamber

Slag Slimes are what the quarry leaves at the bottom of the bucket, and they would like it back. They are warm to the touch, and the touch is your last mistake.

Greywind Wolf.

Greywind WolfTooth, tusk and hoof

Level
20
Element
Frost
Weak to
Ember
Resists
Frost
Drops
Mossy Pelt, Frost Fang, Greater Draught, Hemp Fiber, Bright Essence, Iron Headband and more
Made for
One adventurer
Where
Greywind Scree

Greywind Wolves hunt the pass in grey packs and grey weather. A cairn-builder told me they howl the names of everyone lost up there, and I did not stay to listen.

Steward's Watch.

Steward's WatchStone, iron and clockwork

Level
20
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Gale Light
Resists
Frost
Drops
Old Iron, Greater Draught, Iron Ore, Bright Essence, Iron Plate Helm, Iron Greaves and more
Made for
Two together
Where
The Quarry Deeps

The Steward's Watch is a suit of armour that kept walking after the steward left it. It still asks for papers, and it has never approved any.

Cinder Golem.

Cinder GolemStone, iron and clockwork

Level
21
Element
Ember
Weak to
Frost
Resists
Ember Stone
Drops
Slag Glass, Mountain Iron, Greater Tonic, Iron Ore, Bright Essence, Iron Plate Helm and more
Made for
Two together
Where
The Quarry Deeps

The Cinder Golem was built to keep the old engine fed and has kept it fed ever since. It does not know the engine stopped, and nobody has had the heart to tell it.

Notorious and bosses

Tap one to read its box. You have been warned.

Spoiler: tap to peek A boss, level 20
The Quarry Heart.

The Quarry HeartStone, iron and clockwork

Level
20
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Gale Stone
Resists
Ember
Drops
Quarry Core Shard, Mountain Iron, Greywind Quartz, Greater Draught
Made for
A party of four
Where
The Heart Chamber

The Quarry Heart beats under every shaft in Stonewake.

Spoiler: tap to peek A boss, level 21
Old Cairn.

Old CairnStone, iron and clockwork

Level
21
Element
Plain blows
Weak to
Gale
Resists
Stone Frost
Drops
Cairnheart, Greywind Quartz, Mountain Iron, Greater Tonic
Made for
A party of four
Where
Greywind Scree

Old Cairn stands on the Cairn Top with every miner's stone piled on its back. The miners still add one each spring, very carefully, and very fast.