Dashilla and King's Blood

Technological achievement

The Umbral Knights made a deal with Dashilla the Darkling to gain possession of an artefact known as King's Blood that would allow more of them to harm the Dread King and so they set off on their adventure to find these mythic objects whilst the Bastion prepared to make a final stand against the Dread King.

The Umbral Knights reached the Bastion and immediately set about putting themselves to use and discussing with the leaders of the Bastion that they had the key to destroying The Dread King ... the Dread's Bane...   The party also warned the Bastion that they knew the Dread King was coming and they did not have much time left at all to start planning to accrue more power and ways to kill the Dread King.   At that point they were told by their leader Fletch Dangerfield to do what they needed to prepare whilst the rest of the Umbral Knights would help prepare the Bastion for a final stand against the Dread King.   The party investigated the Bastion and met the halfling Gwynithar Daybloom who gave them potions in exchange for a series of strange requests. They soon after, heard word of Dashilla the Darkling, an Elf from the feywild who constantly wore bandages and protected the Bastion from threats. The party visited her and made a deal.   If they agree to kill a sea hag coven that she had gifted power to then she would give the party a compass that would lead them to something else that could harm the Dread King, to which the party agreed... she also insisted she would teleport them to the location, which was very far south where The Blackstone Peaks and White Wilds are now found. However, for this side of the bargain, she asked that they give her the Dread King's crown when he is killed so she may become the new queen.   The party debated this for a while as Camille attempted to convince Ardeth that they should take the crown and rule side by side... Dashilla wouldn't be able to stop them from renegading on the deal if they had the power of The Dread King. Though Ardeth was unsure of this and was convinced, especially after speaking with Drahz and Allea where she discovered that the party believed in her and that they collectively would not trust Dread's Bane.   Eventually, the party decided to make Dashilla a counter-offer. She may take the crown of the Dread king as payment, but, she is to take it to the Feywild and never return to the Material Plane. She agreed to these terms and the party set off to kill the Hags that broke their pact with Dashilla.   The party made short work of the creatures and soon returned to Dashilla, who gave them a compass to reach the King's Blood and teleported them to the southern deserts.   Guided through the desert, fighting and killing a purple worm in the process. The party reached a blue dragon's cave with endless riches and weapons on display as well as a nest of dragon eggs.   This was the lair of The Collector, the dragon that became a general to the dread king. Combat started when Drahz used the Sickening Radiance spell to destroy her eggs and the party were faced with a very difficult battle before they eventually destroyed the dragon.   Searching the lair they found several notable items, including:

• The God's Chest
• A suit of power armour for Allea to make use of that increased her speed and physical capabilities.
• A vial of King's Blood that could be rubbed onto weapons to make them +3 and allow them to harm the Dread King. Drahz Grymhook, Proto and Allea agreed to split the oil three-ways so they could focus on harming the Dread King when the time came.
• An obscene amount of wealth that was pointless in the face of the apocalypse.