ZARASH’AK—In an announcement on Zol, House Tharashk unveilved an ambitious set of dragonshard prospecting plans in the Lhazaar Principalities.
"Tharashk's unique proclivity for locating and extracting dragonshards is well known across Khorviare," said triumvir Khundar'aashta from the House Tharashk compound in Zarash'ak. "We have every confidence that, in conjunction with our local partners in Regalport and beyond, our efforts in the Principalities will be just as profitable as our operations in the Shadow Marches and Q'barra."
Members of the Finder's Guild from House Tharashk's Aashta family will direct the mining efforts, Khundar'aashta explained. The House's prospectors are already working alongside Prince Ryger ir'Wynarn and his Seadragons for transport to several remote islands in the Lhazaar archipelago. Other sea barons and princes are being offered similar deals in exchange for a percentage of profits from the dragonshards.
This announcement has caught many by surprise, not least because the Lhazaar Principalities have never been considered a lucrative source for dragonshards of any variety. However, some of the princes have claimed that they've seen evidence of dragonshard wealth with their own eyes.
"The Tharashks prospector came back with a chest full of dragonshards the size of my fingers, after only two weeks searching an island in my realm!" said Prince Kaelisk, commander of a Lhazaar fleet anchored at Stonespur Island. "The terms could be better, I suppose, but anyone in the merchant business says that about any deal. Suffice it to say that our agreement should be profitable for both House Tharashk and for all under my protection," he said.
