#story_event #dragon_king #people_of_the_stars Nominate a survivor to utter the First Words. ### First Words The nominated survivor listens close to the Tyrant's words and gains +1 understanding. They speak to the settlement for the first time in the Tyrant's language! They can finally discuss their situation, realizing they must hunt to live. Add the [[White Lion]] to the **Quarry** list on the settlement record sheet. Your settlement gains the [[Dragon Speech]] innovation. Search the innovation cards for Dragon Speech and place it face up in your play area and record it on your settlement record sheet. **Dragon Speech** is your first innovation and the unique language taught to you by the Tyrant. It will spark the creation of the innovation deck. Build the **innovation deck** now. ### Build the Innovation Deck The innovation deck represents the potential cultural and technological growth of your settlement. It will grow throughout the campaign as you gain new innovations. Find the 6 innovation cards with language consequences listed under their title: **Ammonia**, **Drums**, **Hovel**, **Inner Lantern**, **Paint**, and **Symposium.** Shuffle these 6 cards together to form your settlement's innovation deck. Place it face down in the designated space on the settlement board. Finished with their work, the settlement gathers around its **Gleaming Edifice**. ### Gleaming Edifice Armed with language, the nominated survivor exalts the center of the settlement, the gleaming obsidian throne. The settlement gains the **Throne** settlement location. Place the Throne face up in your play area. The Throne is the source of all innovations and further locations the settlement will develop. The nominated survivor sits in front of the Dragon Throne in wonder. They gain the [[Champion's Rite]] fighting art and must skip the next hunt as they ponder the meaning of existence. Check off the Skip Next Hunt box on the survivor's record sheet. They cannot be selected as a departing survivor this settlement phase.