Scarab of Nasadra

Prince Dalwyn Irithyl

The Scarab of Nasadra is a webstone medallion shaped like a stylized ankheg ringed with arcane

runes.

Scarab of Nasadra (amulet of resistance +1)

Price: 1,500 gp

Weight: -

Slot: neck

CL: 5th 

Aura: faint abjuration 

Omen: If you are capable of casting arcane spells and wear the scarab for at least 1 hour, it grows warm and the ankheg occasionally twitches and chirps (audible only to the wearer).

Legacy Abilities:

Arcane Health (Su): Starting at 5^th level you gain 10 temporary hit points each day. You also gain a +1 bonus on caster level checks made to dispel or counter a spell.

History: 

In the time before the Weeping War in the ancient days of Myth Drannor during the First Age of Magic, several mighty clans of elves battled each other for supremacy over territories in Cormanthor. One of these great elven houses was a drow clan named Nasadra. As the dominion of Nasadra grew strong and influential neighboring territories of Tangled Trees and the Elven Court began to worry the drow house was gaining strength too quickly. Other elf clans started to fear that the magically inclined scions of Nasadra wished to expand their influence more significantly and at the expense of other elf territories.

Perhaps this fear was justified, because when the Army of Darkness finally descended from the north and the Weeping War began the Scarab of Nasadra was secretly forged and given to a spy, an agent of the crown—the prince himself Prince Dalwyn Irithyl, who was charged by the elven crown with reconnoitering the surrounding dales. Prince Dalwyn was known as an accomplished magus, despite his relative youth and was secretly in love with a drow, a taboo among elves.

When he journeyed forth from Myth Drannor, he did so in the company of magical familiars and under the cloak of a sorcerous guise, one that would protect him from notice by those he wished to observe. However, despite the secrecy of his quest and the supernatural disguises he created, Dalwyn's enemies discovered the prince’s quest and engineered an ambush.

When Prince Dalwyn next arrived at his destination, a magical conflagration slew everyone in his company, but the protective forces of the Scarab of Nasadra saved him. The prince barely escaped, burned but alive, all alone in a territory alerted to his presence and certain of his evil intent. Dalwyn was overcome despite several heroic stands, including the Clash at Helmgrove, the Battle of Burnt Ridge, and the Siege of Shadow. The Scarab of Nasadra was lost and its power forgotten.

Requirements: 

Ability to cast 2nd level arcane spells and 3 ranks in Knowledge (arcana). 

Webstone: The ornamental stone known commonly as webstone is more properly called spiderweb obsidian. Webstone is an obsidian variety in which small pieces of the stone have been cemented together by heat and pressure in an irregular mass; the joints show as irregular, weblike lines. It is usually black with whitish lines, but webstone of brown, reddish brown, and rust-red hues with lighter webbing has been found.