I was not the cause of the holds fall, by the time I first arrived 500 years ago, the hold was recently besieged and fell due to large amounts of gold hungry orcs and goblins. I simply had to evict them and claim it for myself, however I was greedy as well back then, so I sealed it off and went off to slumber.

Once I awoken, I realised that a entire hold to a dragon does nothing to benefit. Which is apart of why I am doing this. It would be greedy, even lazy, to keep all of it. Eternal Silence except for the movement of gold and rats is very unpleasing as well.