Over 25 years ago, a ‘Perilous Dragontooth’ was buried somewhere in Britain. Today, the Quest for this lost treasure continues! Although some searchers have fallen by the wayside through the years, some have continued on; And now others are just beginning! Get caught up in the adventures to help discover this incredible treasure!
As the book says,
“Your first guide has come, and the Quest begins’
‘What guide is this?’
‘Urgency. Without urgency there is no quest. Set your sails, it will carry you out of the harbor.”
In 1994, Michael Green published Quest: In Search of the Dragontooth. This book is an armchair treasure hunt which takes searchers on an exciting journey; The Quest for a Dragontooth. (Used copies can sometimes be found on Amazon.com and other sites).
Recently, I began looking into this lost treasure. The history involved is incredible and so much can be learned by digging into its mysterious writings. Forest_blight, who is active on the Quest, shares a summary in MW’s Six Questions:
The book is framed as excerpts from the journal of a Renaissance-era Gnostic scholar named Magnalucius, who is also the main character of Unicornis. His task is to locate an evil artifact known as the “perilous Dragontooth” by tracing its path from its last sure location. As the plot unfolds, his journey takes him to fifteen key locations, or stations, spread across Europe. Along the way, Magnalucius encounters a number of other characters, some fictional and some real, one of whom we can infer from various clues is Leonardo da Vinci. The reader’s task is to identify those fifteen stations correctly and contact Green with a complete solution. Throughout, the book is lavishly illustrated by Green himself, who is an accomplished artist with mastery of many styles recognizable from medieval illuminated texts to the Renaissance paintings of da Vinci.
Forest_blight also gave permission to release his (and stercox) solutions on the MW Forum (scroll down to unsolved hunts section). For those interested, let’s start discussing and sharing thoughts and ideas on these stations!
Like the buried casques in The Secret Treasure Hunt, which have been buried for almost 40 years, this lost treasure needs found too!
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