Cetus

September 24th, 2016

It has been four days since the start of the dig and we have made significant progress. We are nearing the first of the preserved artifacts one of which is most certainly a dragon although it is impossible to tell much else at this point. The dragon is surrounded by a cluster of square objects which we later found to be chests. We've only just reached the first of the chest, but with any luck, we should have the first of the dragons by the end of the week.

We've done it! We have finally freed the first dragon from the ice spire. It's a male Pearlcatcher approximately 6.57M in length. He is unconscious at the moment and we have moved him to Callisto's medical wing for the time being.

The Pearlcatcher woke up last night, unsurprisingly disoriented, and a little aggressive. It has occurred to me that I may need to hire one of the Den's warriors in the event of future altercations. In any case, once he calmed down somewhat I was able to learn a few things from him. First, this dragon's name is Cetus and he was a pirate captain aboard the Valex Latro. Apparently, he was quite successful at it, if the number of chests he was frozen with is anything to go by. We have finally freed the last of chests early this morning and count a hundred rusted chests, fifty iron chests, and twenty-five gilded chests making for a hundred and seventy-five chests in total. Cetus and his crew were notorious for sneaking into clans and making a swift getaway often before the clans were even aware they had been robbed. According to him, Cetus's last memory before being imprisoned in Ice was of a sudden and terrible storm that slammed his ship into the cliffs at the edge of the fortress of ends.