Well as far as anyone knew, it was the resting place of the Dynast King himself and all of his treasures. You'd expect something like to have been looted years ago, what with the stories stretching to the farthest reaches of the continent and even across the seas.

But the King was wise and knew his treasures were dangerous. He had the tomb built in the Valley of Death, which in addition to being a scorching desert is too windy to fly an airship through. It's three days' walk before you even reach the tomb.

And I was supervising three teenage idiots. [ He pauses. This is not really a fair judgement of Penelo. And truly not of Ashe, although she was still full of impulsive vengeance at the time. Basch still wanted to kill him with his eyes for being a dirty pirate. Ah, memories. Was it really only a year ago? ]