"Quest for the Dragon's Eye"
Put to work in the old Sign Factory outside New Valarak, Darkstorm resists using the key for the time being, to the annoyance of his bickering minions. Meanwhile, the Spectral Knights are trying to help a group of farmers whose crops are failing due to the new age.
Leoric plans to trade in the Darkling Lords' captured powerstaffs with Merklynn in return for help for his people. While the Spectral Knights are gone, Darkstorm uses the key to escape along with his grumbling followers.
Having used the magic key to transport them to the winding mountain trail leading to Merklynn's shrine, the Darkling Lords ambush the Spectral Knights. They are able to steal back their power staffs and escape. Both groups arrive before Merklynn and are given a quest in order to receive magical recharges for their drained power staffs.
They must bring him a magical jewel known as the Dragon's Eye. Reluctantly obeying, both sides race to find the wizard Falkhamawho possesses the jewel. They find him among the ruins of an old city, however, they must face his giant Technodragon first, which threatens to destroy them all. Working together, the Darkling Lords and Spectral Knights destroy the robot and resume their battle against each other for the Dragon's Eye.
The Spectral Knights are able come out on top and race back to Irontop Mountain with their prize. They realize that Merklynn needs the Dragon's Eye to recharge his mystical pool of power, and give it to him on the condition he will give them magic to help the crops grow. Disgruntled, he does so, warning that they must never tell the Darkling Lords of the power they have wielded over him.
The Darkling Lords, however, have Falkhama.
