Region 4 of 5
Emberwaste
Emberwaste covers days 19 to 24 of Castle Bonk. Ochre, rust, and heat haze. Siege engines, bombs, armored knights, and balloons. Weather: heatwave, sandstorm, hot wind, and embers.
What happened to the land
Goblin furnaces melt all the snow, and the land becomes hot and dusty.
The boss: A giant walking machine, run by Chief Tinker Gizzlecog (proposed), a show-off goblin inventor who talks through a big funnel ("BEHOLD!"). Twelve goblins inside push the buttons.
How the story ends here: With a POP, the hatch flies open. Twelve goblins tumble out and wave. "We were... just borrowing it."
Weather in Emberwaste
Expect sandstorm, ember rain, scorching noon. Over its 6 days you'll see heatwave, sandstorm, breezy, cloudy and embers. Wind pushes your arrows, fog hides far-away foes, rain weakens fire, snow slows walkers, and night means only torch-lit enemies are easy to see.
The story so far
Narrator: The goblin furnaces melted the snow. Now everything is hot and dusty!
Glacia: Too warm for me. I shall sit by the ice box.
Grub the Herald: HEAR YE! Chief Tinker Gizzlecog is building something BIG!
Captain Bramble: How big?
Narrator: Far away: CLANK. CLANK. CLANK.
Enemies that debut in Emberwaste
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Fire Imp
Fire Imps hop like popcorn and giggle like teakettles.
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Powder Keg Goblin
Powder Keg Goblins carry a barrel of BOOM. Stop them before the wall!
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Grumble Catapult
The goblins built a catapult by copying ours. Badly.
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Hobgoblin Knight
Hobgoblin Knights polish their armor every morning. It takes four hours.
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Balloon Bomber
Balloon Bombers can't steer. They just float and hope.
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The Brass Colossus
A giant walking machine! Twelve goblins inside push the buttons. Loudly.
The days of Emberwaste
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Day 19: Popcorn Heat
The snow melted. Now it's hot! Fire Imps hop like popcorn.
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Day 20: Sandstorm Fuses
Goblins with barrels? Uh oh. Stop them before they reach the wall!
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Day 21: Rust Wind
The goblins built a catapult! Good thing Rumbold the storm mage is here.
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Day 22: Cool Dawn, Hard Hats
Hobgoblin Knights have armor AND shields. Crossbows and catapults help!
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Day 23: Ember Rain
Balloons in the sky! They drop bombs. Pop them!
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Day 24: The Brass Colossus
CLANK. CLANK. CLANK. The Brass Colossus is marching this way!
After the The Brass Colossus fight
Narrator: POP! The Colossus hatch flew open.
Narrator: Twelve little goblins climbed out and waved.
Chief Tinker Gizzlecog: Hello. We were... just borrowing it.
Chief Tinker Gizzlecog: The Moon King will be SO grumpy. He is coming himself!
Captain Bramble: Then tonight, we light every torch in the castle.