Dare: The Glittering Reef:Ā
āWhile the dragon may long be dead, thereās more than one predator in these waters. You best be quick if you wish to claim your prize.ā
Setup: Generations ago the crystal clear waters of the Ildathan coast ran red with blood, as a terrible archdrake terrorized the trade routes and savaged any merchant ship it caught eyes on. Known to locals as Hullraker, this beast would use its powerful claws to crack open the body of ships to gorge itself on sailors and treasure alike.Ā
While its a myth that dragons eat gold, they do sometimes devour valuable objects to spit up into their hordes later. This habbit would eventually lead to the drakeās defeat, as a group of clever pirates tired of the drakeās meddling caste a series of golden cannonballs, then hollowed them out and filled them with black powder, and an alchemical compound that would ignite after being exposed to the drakeās insides for some length of time.Ā Loading up a dummy ship with their deadly decoys and piles of coin as bait, they watched in glee as the drakeās belly exploded mid air, showering the sea with golden shrapnel and sending Hullraker plunging into the reef below.Ā
The Challenge: Since the time of its death, treasure hunters have paddled out to the glimmering reef in the hopes ofĀ reclaiming a portion of the dragons last, fatal meal. Having stripped most of the upper reef clear of coins. Now after years of plundering only the strongest of divers can make it down to the dark, shark infested shelf of the reef where the dragonās bones and the bulk of its treasure remains. Tradition is that each diver only takes a single coin, and while one gold piece isnāt much to an adventure, aĀ ādrowned queenā (one of the particular printing of coins the pirates used for the bulk of their bait) is a mighty prize among sailors and other folk of the sea, said to confer the luck and cunning of the pirates that took Hullraker down.Ā
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