Mentality
Personal history
The Fallout
Daedalus was a member of the
Reagarrian royal guard, before
Reagarr's destruction by
Criella Hope. In the fallout of the blast, Daedalus helped form the Inferno from the survivors of the blast alongside
Jako Blackwater. He would go on to eventually become
Jako's most trusted ally, thus forming the Knights of the Inferno and becoming its first member.
Lighting the Inferno
Daedalus spent the next 3 decades riding across the
Wastelands of Reagarr, establishing the
Inferno's power and accruing new members. The second member of the knights turned out to be the
Allseer, whom
Jako found blind and starving in a cave while Daedalus was overseeing the gang. To prove the
The Allseer's loyalty to the gang (rather than a selfish desire towards Blackrazor), Daedalus proposed that he make a pact with Blackrazor. This practice held up to each Knight of the Inferno to come.
Six years later in 553, the
Inferno happened upon
Colgert testing out one of his inventions, at which point
Blackwater took him under his wing, making him a Knight within months.
Colgert is responsible for the
Inferno's use of modded vehicles they're infamous for today.
Daedalus and the
Inferno would operate with just a trinity of Knights for over a decade until 566, when they encountered
Jasmine Brimstone, a frozen Grand Contestant of the
Reagarrian arena.
Jasmine Brimstone was in a state of suspended animation as a Grand Contestant, until being broken out and inducted as Knight in a matter of weeks.
The very next year,
Jako Blackwater made a risky move to hire the infamous "Black Mamba," a skilled yuan-ti manipulator and toppler of gangs by the name of
Itzu. And finally, Daedalus and the
Inferno encountered a magical capsule that held the spirit of an air elemental from the age of the arena, which
Jasmine Brimstone was able to activate and release
Vay de la Pour. They were convinced by
Jako Blackwater to run with the
Inferno, as long as they were made a Knight. And with that, the final Knight had been hired.
The Black Dawn
After the (apparent) death of
Jako Blackwater's son
Balasar, Daedalus was sent by his King to retrieve the
Misfits of Valland for a meeting.
Jako Blackwater never did reveal the reason for this meeting, although it likely had something to do with his later bargain with
Avaahn Casper. After their botched heist of a
Protectors Base, Daedalus began to escort the
Misfits to the
Wastelands of Reagarr. Unfortunately, the journey was interrupted by the
Slicers who were sent to eliminate the criminals. After being wiped out, Daedalus woke up in a
Protectors cell block.
A few weeks later,
Jako Blackwater led a prison riot after a deal with
Avaahn Casper, breaking the criminals out of prison. As part of the deal, Daedalus spent the next several weeks eliminating the
Slicers one by one, until he co-murdered
Alathar Casper,
Avaahn Casper's brother, against
Avaahn's explicit wishes. The
Black Dawn henceforth disbanded.
Return to Hell
After that, Daedalus returned to the
Wastelands of Reagarr to take
Jako Blackwater's place after his death in a battle with
Valtar Illistyn with Tarik Gamathanki, only for Daedalus to send Gamathanki away on threat of death. Daedalus was crowned King of the
Inferno, and appointed
Jasmine Brimstone as his Head Knight.
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