The Cogs

Far below the city, the great furnaces and foundries of the Cogs form the industrial base of Sharn.



The Cogs is a Heroic level 15/Epic level 32 wilderness adventure area introduced with Update 42/Masterminds of Sharn expansion. It is accessible via elevator shaft in the western area of Sharn upper district.

Rare Encounters: The Cogs
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Bonus XP for solving all encounters: 12 total
 * Defeat Gristle, Daask Gang Goblin.
 * Slay Raznar, the Vaunt Arcanotecnic caster.
 * Track and Slay Goro, the Boromar Clan Clawfoot. (found near The Wraithcallers.)
 * Defeat Zizek, the Warforged Lord of Blades zealot. (found near Ruinous Schemes.)
 * Slay Unruh, the Daask Gang Bugbear.
 * Defeat Aughr, the Daask Gang Troll.
 * unknown
 * Disassemble L-33B, the sentient worker construct.
 * Battle Blixa, the Boromar Clan Halfling.
 * Dismantle K-00P the Vaunt Arcanotechnic shield guardian.
 * unknown
 * unknown

Factory Worker's Journal
Each journal is worth, with a bonus for finding all. I could see the towers long before I reached the city. They glittered on the horizon like tiny jewels. I was eager to arrive, but the horses were slow. It was already night by the time we reached Wroann's Gate. Up close the towers were even more magnificent - vast, bright pillars soaring into the night sky. I couldn't wait to soar with them.
 * Factory Worker's 1st Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 1

I rented a shabby little flat in Foundation and applied for a job at Belgrave's Emporium. Those first few days were so exciting for a girl from Mistmarsh. The Emporium was like nothing I'd ever seen - so big, so crowded, so elegant! And then I heard that the Emporium was nothing compared to the shops up on Skyway. An island floating in the sky - just imagine.
 * Factory Worker's 2nd Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 2

My neighborhood was hardly glamorous. It was drab and dark, overshadowed by the towers. But every morning I'd take the lift up to one of the city's bright and gaudy shopping districts and look for a job. I was determined to be up where the air was clear and I cold see bustling city below me.
 * Factory Worker's 3rd Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 3

There was a beggar on my corner, an odd man with a crutch and a scrawny little cat. He asked passers-by for coppers. One day I saw him on his knees pleading with two member (sic) of the City Watch. Some neighborhood thugs had taken his coppers and killed his cat. But the Watch did nothing. They laughed, pushed him into the gutter, and went on their way. There was a crowd watching. None of us did a thing. We just scuttled back to our homes and pretended that it never happened.
 * Factory Worker's 4th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 4

I didn't get the job at the Emporium. I didn't get the next job either. Or the next. Then I counted my coppers and discovered that in a few days I wouldn't be able to pay the rent for the shabby little flat. Someone told me that there was always work in the Cogs. And what choice did I have? I didn't have enough money to go back to Mistmarsh.
 * Factory Worker's 5th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 5

The lift went down and down, for what seemed like forever. When it finally stopped, I was deep underground. There I was, with a thousand others, ready to report for work in the Cogs. I didn't know much about the Cogs then. I'd always heard about Sharn's famous towers. I never asked about what lay underneath. Now I was about to find out.
 * Factory Worker's 6th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 6

I remember my first day in the Cogs. No sunlight reached us. Huge machines loomed in the shadows. And the people. I was ready for Bugbears and Goblins and Warforged, everyone knew about them. What I didn't expect were the others. People like me, wearing rags and huddled in shanties made from scrap.
 * Factory Worker's 7th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 7

It was a long walk to the Forge, through ruins and a shanty town. Strange metal things with too many legs scuttled up and down the path, hauling who-knows-what to who-knows-there (sic). I was in another world. This is where I would spend my days, working deep in the underworld of Sharn.
 * Factory Worker's 8th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 8

They called it a Forge, but I had nothing to do with that part. I sat in a workshop making the cases for the device. My job was to hammer in the little wooden pegs that held the case together. Easy work for a wood joiner's daughter. If we asked what the device did, or how it worked, they told us it was none of our business.
 * Factory Worker's 9th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 9

They watched us very carefully. None of us were allowed to discuss what we did at the Forge. No strangers were allowed inside. People in fine robes went in and out of one of the workshops. No one knew what they did, and anyone who asked lost their job. So...we didn't ask.
 * Factory Worker's 10th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 10

People in the workshop were always getting sick. Nothing too bad, just a nagging cough. Then a few weeks later, they'd be gone. They'd just never show up again. When I started to cough, I was gripped with fear. But I still took that lift down every single day. I needed the money to pay for my shabby little flat up in the light.
 * Factory Worker's 11th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 11

It was just an hour or two before closing. We were working on the last pile of cases for the day. Suddenly there was a tremendous roar. Everything shook as if the world was ending. The noise - I thought would never stop. It was like metal screaming. The Forge had toppled over because of the explosion.
 * Factory Worker's 12th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 12

We heard shouts from outside. Everyone in the workshop rushed out, desperate to escape. Once we got outside, it was impossible to recognize anything. There was fire and wreckage everywhere. I was following my friend Ora at first, but I quickly lost her in all the smoke. I saw one of the men in robes run past. He was on fire.
 * Factory Worker's 13th Journal Entry: Mattie Thorne's Diary 13


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Vaunt's Journal
Each journal is worth, with a bonus for finding all. When I first saw Sharn's towers, I knew at once that this soaring city would be where I would make my mark. This was the only place on Eberron that could provide me with the tools I needed - talent, money, and, most importantly, power.
 * Vaunt's 1st Journal Entry: Vaunt's Journal 1

You can see magic everywhere in Sharn. Magic supports its towers, powers its skycoaches, and adorns the trinkets of the wealthy few... but only the few. An ordinary city-dweller can't afford a simple repair spell, let alone a Shield Guardian. The common folk sweat to earn their livings, just as they always have. Even in Sharn.
 * Vaunt's 2nd Journal Entry: Vaunt's Journal 2


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