Dragonstone 22

Chapter 22
We now flash back – yes, this is a flashback within a flashback – to The Day The Dragons Came. Dozens and dozens of dragons show up unexpectedly at Black Mountain, lead by two huge black dragons who flank a much smaller green dragon, the latter carrying a leather bag. The two black dragons are named Daagor and Kalgalath, and they waste some time bickering over position.
A mage comes out, and the dragons tell him that they want a favor: they want the mages to safeguard “a thing” and swear an unbreakable oath to never investigate it and keep it safe from everyone. In return, the dragons will leave Black Mountain alone.
The mage points out that he lacks authority to make binding agreements for all the mages, especially the ones on the island of Rwn, back on their home plane of Vadaria, and scattered o'er the land. Further, he quite rightfully want to know more about the mysterious object the mages would be safeguarding.
The dragons invite him to heft it, so he does one better by taking it out of the bag over their protests. It turns out to be a pale green, oval stone, six inches long and four across, which seems to glow. This causes all the dragons to roar and freak out until the mage re-bags the stone.
And because the description reminds me of a green jellybean, and because I am very juvenile, it is hereafter the Jellybean.
The mage wants more info. The dragons stonewall. The mage points out that he expects to know more about this artifact which dragons fear, else the dragons can just get the hell out. The small green dragon, Quirm, blurts out that “We cannot sense it, Mage, and he who holds it and learns of its powers will command –” before he is violently cut off by Daagor and Kalgalath. This inadvertently reveals that the dragons will only trust their weakest member to carry the Jellybean.
So the mages debate for three days, and then present their offer: they will guard the Jellybean and not investigate it, and in return, the dragons will no longer plunder any human, elf, dwarf, etc, communities. The dragons then debate among themselves for two weeks, during which time several of them leave. Eventually, after two and a half pages of fantasy legalese – yes, really \~/ – detailing what dragons are and are not permitted to do, and what the mages will and will not do, an agreement is finally reached. 
Some indeterminate time later, the mages discovered that the Jellybean had disappeared from their vaults, and also that it was totally immune to magical detection. This would seem to be rather a big deal, and also a violation of their bargain with the dragons, but their collective reaction seems to have been a shrug. \~/
Drinks: 2
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