Im sorry, but the dragon which i had battled i found was too much trouble for me to put my effort into so i hasted and left thinking hey it would stay somewhere but not folow me all the way past 3 screens and all to come get me so much later. I should have know becuese it did happen to me once before, but i figure hey if you out distance something by a long shot ( i had just finished resting when the thing came). Its just spawns like that (im now finding out through trial and error) will not stop following you no matter where you go, just like the malars which i found out as well. So all im trying to say is i didnt run from it and say ooo its the ship captain, let me have him fight him, no i thought i was totaly in the clear and minutes later the dragon just strolled in on me teed off. So what ive learned from all this is to leave the fire drake well alone unless i plan to finish it( which i did, sadly that was before it snacked on the captain. Sorry about all the confusion but i thought i was the one wronged by the glitch (not sure if thats how it was desinged or not) and i didnt want to start any up any trouble for the temple or the other inhabitants. thanks Cyran Locke