Contrary to David's expectations, the Holy Temple of his Red Dragon ancestor, Ephelomon, was, strictly speaking, located outside the walls of the Evil Scale Fortress.
If this were the case with other deities, it would most likely be due to insufficient divine favor, akin to religious sculptures where the more special one's status, the closer they often are to the deity.
But in Tiamat's case, the situation was quite the opposite. This was the true depiction of absolute trust.
Much like the "Imperial Wall" or "The Emperor's Fist" in some Western fantasy novels, Ephelomon, the Vassal, was, in a sense, Tiamat's claw—the sharpest point of the entire Evil Scale Fortress.
It was just as the Chromatic Dragon Queen's primary head always towered above the other four.
Soon, following the lead of the Red Dragon before him, David arrived at the volcano just below the highest peak of the Palace of a Thousand Hues, where he met the Red Dragon Vassal—Ephelomon.
