Blightwing

Official art of Blightwing, Illustrated by @thatartjack

## The Enigmatic Dracolich

"Blightwing" is the moniker that the people of the Alton Region have given to the unknown terror that rained ash and death upon Isenvale on the third anniversary of the death of its former Queen. They are a servant of Necrecta, the Goddess of Undeath, who granted them everlasting life as a Dracolich. On the day of Isenvale's national festival of life, Blightwing flew over the nation, showering it with cursed, toxic ash that spilled from its body. This attack blighted Isenvale with a curse known as the Ashplague. It transformed its native inhabitants into mindless zombie slaves that serve the Dracolich's plans while trapped between life and death, cast its visitors into a deep sleep of torturous nightmares that require outside intervention to wake up from, and forced the wildlife to feed on undead flesh, inflicting them with dangerous mental degradation. Little is yet known about this beast's past or their goals, but they have been plotting their ambitions since before the Age of Etheal began with the help of their faithful servant, Mel, the Black Kobold Necromancer.

### History

Though much of Blightwing's past is unknown, it can be confirmed that they were planning their attack against Isenvale since before the defeat of The End at the hands of The Unexpectables and the subsequent birth of the new god, Lysend. It was at the command of Blightwing that Mel stole one of the Beads of Hoketh from the Hoketh Clergy in Alivast. Mel attempted to convince the Unexpectables to participate in this heist, but they refused and severed all ties with the dark mage. After successfully procuring the Bead, Mel fled from Alivast and killed her close collaborator Merchant to cover her tracks. After the beginning of the New Age, Mel presented her prize to her master. Blightwing was pleased and threatened to "welcome this new age with ash," a harrowing omen of their plans for Isenvale. In the following two decades, Blightwing procured an additional two Beads of Hoketh and swayed them to Necrecta's influence. With the power needed to subdue Isenvale secured, Blightwing took flight on the anniversary of the Queen's death, bringing the Ashen Plague and reducing Isenvale to an undead wasteland.

## Relations

### Mel

Mel is a faithful servant of Blightwing, and has been seemingly since before she first arrived in Alivast's Underbelly. Though Mel was never shy about the nature of her profession and her use of illegal magic, the topic of her master never left her lips during her dealings in the city. Her devotion to Blightwing is great enough to convince her to risk the wrath of Lady Aila to procure a Bead of Hoketh, send an ethereal assassin to silence once-potential collaborators, betray and murder her friend Merchant, and leave creations of hers behind in Alivast's sewers to intercept pursuers. She proved to be an indispensable minion, securing one of the three Beads Blightwing would need to summon the Ashen Death upon Isenvale.

### Isenvale's Royal Family

It has been speculated that Blightwing's attack was a targeted attack against the King of Isenvale, but no evidence is yet known to support this.