The 1st Piece of the Crown of Truth is Discovered

Discovery, Exploration

While Doc wrestles Dandit, the Young Black Dragon, Leo and Merlin end up finding a hidden locked chest with the first discovered piece of the Crown of Truth. The party books it out of the room after Doc makes the ceiling collapse on the dragon and follows after Ivan and Lexus. Ivan, Leo, and Doc argue about where they should go next, at one point even considering dropping Altas off in the Empire's prison. Everyone agrees it's best to find Cassia, THEN search for the next piece of the crown.

While Doc wrestles Dandit, the Young Black Dragon, Leo and Merlin end up finding a hidden locked chest with the first discovered piece of the Crown of Truth. The party books it out of the room after Doc makes the ceiling collapse on the dragon and follows after Ivan and Lexus. Ivan fails to keep them from getting out of the cavern, and they end up all regathering on the ship. Doc and the others call out Ivan for lying about them being dead, but Ivan manages to sound convincing enough about him being mistaken that crew isn't exactly sure who to believe. Doc says Ivan disobeyed a direct order and not to let it happen again.   Ivan claims that the Emperor must be wanting to use the Crown of Truth to take over the world and kill people. Doc and Leo say that they have no idea what the Emperor wants to use the crown for, they're simply following orders. Ivan then says that he assumes they're all evil because they worked with his father 20 years ago, who he claims is evil. Leo replies that he didn't even like Ivan's father because he kept asking him if he paid his taxes.   Ivan, Leo, and Doc argue about where they should go next, at one point even considering dropping Altas off in the Empire's prison. Ivan gets confused about where exactly Cassia is in comparison to where he wants to go, and convinces the party to go try and find her first. This actually leads them in the exact opposite direction of where Ivan's father is, but Ivan shrugs it off and goes with it anyway. Everyone agrees it's best to find Cassia, THEN search for the next piece of the crown. Now that they have a piece, they don't have to panic and try to find another one right away.   Doc tells their navigator, Benedicta, where to go next and they set off.