A Dragon (In Human Form)

Now that the hunt has been called, I want to tell you all a little about what it is. For you, the hunt is a hunt, very literally, for the new heart of the City of London. In your hunt, you’ll need to find two things: the heart’s place and its shape.  It’s a physical hunt, through the city’s streets. You’ll be led on this hunt by a book, London’s Assorted Enigmas and Mythologies in Rhyme . It’s a collection of myths and rhymes, legends and rumours that weave across the city’s past and present to unravel secrets and illuminate obscured lives. As you hunt, through streets and pages, you’ll find stories and characters, memories and rhymes of London’s past. On the 15th October , the magical doors of the City will be flung open, and each and every layer of the city's past and history will combine in one magnificent adventure. You’ll travel through the city to answer the heart’s call and meet its challenge. Those who make it to the end of the hunt, and have worked out the heart’s place...

On the 15th October, the day of The Golden Key, the City of London opens. A Heart of the City is born, taking a new shape, pinned to a new place. And the Hunt is called. To all those clever and kind humans (like you) who choose to follow my call... A book will soon be revealed, page by page. Solve all that is inside the book to make the best guess for the new place of the Heart. And to discover the new shape that the Heart takes. Find your way in the Hunt on the day of The Golden Key, and those who are closest to knowing the place will be invited to a ceremony where you will face the Dragon's riddle and perhaps - Win the prize of a golden key.

This morning I woke up as a human. I know you’re all used to it by now, waking up as humans, but it’s been a long time since I woke up as one.  I’m not used to being so small and stiff, and tired! Are humans always this tired, all the time?  While my awakening in human form was surprising and a little disconcerting, there was no mystery. There is only one reason why I could have been locked into human form:  A new heart of the City of London is being born.  The new heart of the city will need someone to act as a guardian for it, as its custodian. That person will almost definitely be one of you, one of the people reading this. My mission is to find that person, the new custodian to the heart of the city.  My name is Clessa Peltier.  And today, I call the hunt for the new heart of the city.