Quote Originally Posted by AGD View Post
They got there pretty fast and easy.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0936.html
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0940.html
That was this one location. And Elan/Haley had no possibility to know that before winning against Tarquin, and even if they did - now that you remind me of it, all they knew was Ian and Geoff had gone into hiding.

How would these two refugees possibly hold a guy like Tarquin? (Powerwise, that sounds like barely managing to capture a young dragon alive while the parents watched you doing it, then leaving the young dragon in the trustworthy guard of a nearby dirt-farmers village.)

Simile aside, a fourth option that could probably even hold Tarquin (the three I mentioned before are pretty doubtful) exists: it's the Elves. Though we know right know that they are a) neutral. Holding Tarquin prisoner would serve their interests, but we don't know they know that. They're also b) prohibiting the Mechane to enter their territory. c) V has lost lots of credibility there and can't negotiate. So the elves are maybe powerful enough, even near the flight path, but unwilling to help.

No, they would have had to haul Tarquin around with them.