Bellreef Glass Divers — Reef Dragon Explorers Reference Sheet

The story of Bellreef Glass Divers

A fictional story inspired by the artwork.

The divers could hear a dinner bell ringing somewhere below the reef. It sounded every day at precisely the moment the village baker took her first loaf from the oven. She believed the sea was hungry. The youngest dragon took a loaf along on the next dive, just in case.

Down where the sand turned pink, the six found a glass dome lying on its side. A little bubble shook loose from its rim whenever the bell sounded. Their journal keeper drew the dome, the bubble and a crooked trail of warm water that led away under a ledge.

The trail ended at a brass pipe. Its other end served the bakery oven. When the baker opened her iron door, the pipe shifted in its bracket. Far below, a loose chain struck the dome. It had once been the village diving bell, lost when a winter storm tore away the old pier.

They brought it back at low tide and set it in the square. The baker made a new clapper from the broken chain. Now the youngest diver rings the bell when bread is ready. He still takes a loaf on every expedition, although his companions have learned to check his satchel before he claims the sea has eaten it.

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