The king summons the heroes to investigate the death of a knight, and the final fate of the king's long-missing son.
The knight and his entire order was killed by a Dragon! Yay we get to fight a dragon in the first issue of Dungeon Magazine!
Much travel over many different terrain types featuring avalanches, volcanoes spewing lava, and many random encounters (not detailed here) before the heroes reach their real goal: A lake with a ruined wizard's tower and dragon's cave.
Opens with a particularly byzantine Background section for the DM involving a prince you never meet, pirates you never meet, knights you never meet, and deep gnomes you never meet.
See Out of the Ashes in Dungeon #17 for sequel to this adventure.
Pgs. 42-60
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