Dragon's Tooth
A hundred miles out to sea, sailors can spot the purplish peak of the Dragon’s Tooth, the westernmost mountain of Cape Dragonfang. The mountain is home to an ever-growing family of copper dragons who occasionally descend from the mountaintops to rescue hapless ships from being plundered by pirates. The dragons’ vigilance is another reason—besides the Simbul’s famous edict declaring piracy in the waters of Aglarond to be punishable by immediate death—that corsairs avoid the Sea of Dlurg.
The patriarch of the dragon clan is named Filauxerimos (CG male wyrm copper dragon Brd8) who is said to have called celestial allies to build a great draconic castle near the peak of Dragon’s Tooth. His clan includes two mature adults, a juvenile, two young, and two very young copper dragons, although the other adults (his daughters) live in mountaintop lairs elsewhere in the range. These dragons have taken it upon themselves to protect the region around their home. They don’t care who rules Thesk, as long as the Dragonjaw Mountains are left alone; more than one arrogant Red Wizard has crawled home maimed by horrible acid burns. Filauxerimos and his kin stay away from the southern half of the range, in particular Mount Umbergoth, where Nartheling, the ancient fang dragon, has his lair.
The copper dragons all take part in an annual festival in Milvarune every spring. The central event of “Dragon Day,” as this festival is known, is a riddle contest between the gnomes and dragons. The dragons normally win handily, but the occasional gnome victory always keeps the hope of the little people alive.
