I noticed on your bestiary that with the Mithril dragons among others, there is stated that the only two way's to take a familier with you. Is either summon it after you went thru the whirlpool, or take the fairy ring into the ancient cavern. There is however a third way. Simply by using a teleport ring to Kuradel the slayer master. So if u fill a tortoise or a yak at a bank and rub the ring , you teleport to the safe spot at the slayermaster. From there it is just a matter of going down the stairs and run to the next stairs up to the mithril dragons. Wich is even a slightly shorter and therefor a slightly safer path then using the fairy ring. And on a personal note, i find your quest walkthroughs a lot better and more detailed then on other help sites :). richie :)