The Order of the Black Skull, a cult devoted to Orcus, awarded these magic daggers to the highest members of the order. The daggers are often used to sacrifice innocent souls to the Death Lord.
Dagger of the Death Lord
Weapon (dagger), rare
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
Life Drain. When you hit a creature with a melee attack using this dagger, the target takes 1d4 piercing damage plus 2d6 necrotic damage, and you regain hit points equal to half the amount of necrotic damage dealt. This feature can not be used on the undead.
Proficiency with a dagger allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
Background
The Order of the Black Skull was an evil cult that worshiped the demon Orcus, the Lord of Death. They believed that by sacrificing innocent people to Orcus, they would be granted immortality and immense power.
The cult was led by a mysterious figure known only as the High Priest, who was said to possess dark powers and communicate directly with Orcus. The people in nearby villages lived in constant fear of being chosen as the next sacrifice.
One night, a young villager named Sarah Wilmott was kidnapped by the cult and taken to their secret temple deep in the forest. Sarah’s family and friends called on a group of adventurers to attempt a rescue.
As the cult began their gruesome sacrifice ritual, the adventurers stumbled upon the temple. They were horrified to see Sarah bound and gagged on the altar, surrounded by the cultists in their dark robes.
Just as the High Priest was about to deliver the fatal blow, the wizard cast a bolt of lightning that struck the temple, setting it ablaze. The cultists panicked and scattered, leaving Sarah and her rescuers to escape the inferno.
But the heroes knew that the cult would not give up so easily. They formed a plan to hunt down and destroy the cultists before they could harm anyone else.
Eventually, the heroes were able to defeat the cult and bring an end to their reign of terror. But the memory of the sacrifices and the fear of Orcus lingered on, haunting the village for generations to come.
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