Thanks, glad you all like it!

Evile_E, get your butt in gear and start mapping! Bogie cracks the whip!!!

Gpig, good eye! There is indeed a dragon under the gold and it is not dead. It is a big plot twist to find a live dragon where there should be a dead one.
And yes it is a deliberate Homage to Smaug in The Hobbit. ( or rip-off of it depending on your point of view) I got the idea while watching the movie Trailer and seeing the coins shift then the eye opens.