Forever lies ahead

[Iron Dragoon]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+89 : 3 + 89, total 92[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

The kukri has been drenched in the blood of the divine for eons and drank in that power. It is a kukri+6, keen. It is also a bloodfeeding weapon, but with sextupled benefits. It can store up to 60 blood points and can store these points for up to 6 hours. When you activate this weapon to spend blood points, you can spend up to 30 and each point does an extra 12 points of damage.

This unnamed kukri is a minor artifact.

The second bottle is some kind of poison - the bile of a demon lord, you suspect.

The third is full of the blood of a demon lord. What's more, you can sense a presence lingers within it, watching and waiting.

The fourth is the eye of a demon lord. Should this eye be consumed, it will replace both eyes of the creature and grant them a +30 profane bonus to Perception checks, darkvision 600ft and low-light vision. This nameless eye is a minor artifact.

The greave is stained by the blood of a god and left to marinate in that power for ages. Despite being a mere greave, it grants a +10 armor bonus to armor class when worn with no maximum dexterity bonus, armor check penalty or arcane spell failure. Instead, the wearer's blood comes forth to form liquid armor around them to provide this protection. This does not harm the creature at all. The creature gains immunity to all effects that make them bleed, as well as anything that would drain their blood, such as a vampire's bite.

This lost greave is a minor artifact.

This heard is the cursed heart of a demon lord. Great and dark power rests within it.

Finally, the book is merely enchanted to resist the passage of time.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa tells the others about the items, "I'm going to read the book before we do anything. That blood has something in it, watching and waiting.  Be wary."

[Anastasia]

"A defeated demon lord?" Bastian says, keeping an eye on it. "That's a treasure, alright." He picks up one of the coins and flips it, "Looks real to me. Platinum coins are worth a lot, let alone what those other ones are."

Jarem keeps an eye open as well, as Emily follows you.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa begins to read the book!

Alter Reality for Scholar's Touch if need be, to speed things up.

[Anastasia]

The book has but a few words in it.

"Know that I once saw the Pale Mother destroy a demon lord. The remnants are here. The last fragments of my strength put these words to ink, to ensure only someone capable of dealing with this will ever find these remnants. I have learned much, but my mind, life and soul were the price to peer into the Abyss.

The coins are my wealth. Use them as you need to for whatever you will do with these remnants."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa shows it to the others, searching her memory for stories about the Pale Mother destroying a demon lord.

[Anastasia]

Obligatory K:P.

"Oh, a bit of demonic history?" Jarem reads it and thinks, "So, do we destroy it? Is there anything we can gain from the last gasps of a demon lord?"

"Possibly," Emily says, "Proxy sparks." She eyes the remnants, the blood and the blade, the heart and the greave. "Even one would be a fair prize for our efforts, if one remains to be taken."

"It's a bad idea," Bastian crosses his arms as he turns away from the money, "But if Miss Paladin thinks it's not morally repugnant, then at least that's not an argument."

"Well..." Emily trails off and looks away, "How much have you learned about proxies so far, Alyssa and everyone?"

"I know enough," Jarem says, "The Red Knight told me about them. Should you take and adjust a proxy spark of another deity, you can claim it as an extra, or use it to replace a lost proxy spark of your own."

"That's right," Emily smiles a little bit, "If we can get one from this, it would be a valuable resource against something going afoul later."

[Iron Dragoon]

K:P:

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+57 : 6 + 57, total 63[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

It's happened multiple times according to the lore - you simply need a lot more to go on to narrow it down, and even then, it may be some horrific war in the Abyss that was not spoken of beyond it.

In other words just a demon lord doesn't narrow it down. The Abyss keeps poppin' them out.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods, "I've already set Dolmaya up as mine, but... We should look into it for you all, for certain. These items can be useful bargaining chips, and powerfully alluring bait otherwise. They might also serve as components, if we can figure out a way to purify them.

As for the specific demon lord involved here... She's killed a number of them. I'd have to do more study to figure out exactly which one, or ones, these are from."

[Anastasia]

"Can we take this out safely and escape?" Dolmaya asks, "It's a fine prize, but it's best we get out of this place and get to safer ground, before the lord of this layer changes his mind."

[Iron Dragoon]

"He's certain to have already set something up. Bastian, let's see if we can work together to forge a new path out of here. I was able to forge a path to the unfinished plane, I'm hoping we can do something similar here."

[Anastasia]

"If it's a demplane, we'll have to go out," Emily points out, "There's no way we can escape from a demlplane without it being linked to the Astral, let alone one in a hostile power's divine realm."

[Iron Dragoon]

What about masking our movement then?