Dragonbone Cave

Summary
Dragonbone Cave is where the game starts, and is a relatively safe area, populated initially with only rats and cave spiders. As the game progresses, this will be where you return to customize your character, one potential base building site, and the place where you encounter the nezumi ratfolk.

Lore
Twenty years before the start of the game, the matriarch of the redscales made her last stand in this cavern, where the bluescales' patriarch caused a cave in that fatally injured her. In the looting that followed, very little was left behind other than her corpse, a few scattered copper coins, and one lone egg, hidden in the cracks.

It took decades for the hatchling and the local vermin combined to pick all of the meat off her bones, but now he ("you") will have to set out into the world beyond to survive and thrive.

With the main entrance collapsed, the only paths in and out are two small for the vast majority of bluescales to pass through, making it a highly defensible location, safe from the worst of your enemies.

Local Actions
Rest - Even without a base, Dragonbone Cave is a relatively safe place, allowing you to rest here from the start of the game. Rest saves your current progress and allows you to rapidly convert nutrition to energy and health, and allows your other party members to recover as well. In addition, it progresses time by six hours. You must wait about 12-18 hours after resting or loading to rest again.

Build/Visit Base - When you explore Dragonbone Cave with at least 17 pawns, an event will randomly occur suggesting the idea of building a base here. From that point, you can build Dragonhome at any time.

Visit Mother - After reaching level 5, exploring here will randomly trigger an event to find your mother's skull, with her spirit still haunting the place. In addition to hearing her opinions, you can talk to her to set your Focus Perks, customizing your abilities.

Harvest Bone - After you devour or enslave a Nezumi Bonecutter, you will be able to Harvest your mother's bones for raw materials. Each time you do so, one hour will pass and you may encounter a Nezumi Bonecutter or Nezumi Assassin.

Adjacent Locations
Kobold Warren - After reaching level 3, a random event will take you here. Thereafter, you can always travel from Dragonbone Cave to the Kobold Warren.