Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-31507215-20170822211256/@comment-29773086-20170823234812

Recneps wrote: Slaying a dragon and losing a town is reason for it to not be recovered.. In commemoration of the sacrifices that day, they would accept the loss of an heirloom. And how practical would recovering it be? I believe it was said to have fallen in the lake. Despite being a coastal village, the vast majority of people would be unable to swim in Esgaroth.. In commemoration, they would retrieve it and value it above all gold and silver.

Bard could swim. He could, theoretically, dive to get it.

But it matters not whether he did or not. It would be far more interesting if the player had to swim down and recover it as part of a quest to get the arrow for Brand, themselves, or others, perhaps having to overcome some manner of curse.