So I killed the dragon. It wasn't that hard, though I did have to use my pale metal short sword instead of my copper whip. Dragons are still pushovers.
After that I was feeling pretty needy, so I visited a nearby dwarven fortress. I danced for the people at the depot, argued with an elf, and filled a bag with 100 quaffs of dwarven rum. Then, drunk as a lord, I set out for Containtick.
Nearly a week of travel later, I arrived at Containtick. I think I cut off about another week or two with that shortcut through the mountains. The lag wasn't too bad - Ilral can jog forever, so the going was merely slow. I made it to the dark castle and got out my crescent pale metal halberd and got to chopping. I butchered a beak dog on my way up, since I was running out of capybara. I made it to the throne room.
Her untranslated name is
Veilholes the Web of
Seduction, a name that turned my 'yes' into 'double yes'. Despite the name she's only associated with theft. She's a bowdemon and a general by trade, but a bow is a terrible waste of perfectly good demon muscle. I'm getting her a great axe or something as soon as possible.
Also, there's another lizard demon in the world, this one a male. I passed his dark fortress twice on the way to the vault and back, but didn't go kill him because I didn't want to deal with the lag. It looks like it wouldn't have been that bad, but whatever, too late now.