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112233The Grave of Esteban Vargas is a Miscellaneous lore item in Windrose. It records an unnamed Spanish captain's farewell to a fallen crewman during the expedition against Davy Jones. It is the first of three named graves you uncover during the Mystery of the Expedition side quest, lore drops that together piece out the Order's mission to find the priestess and stop Jones. The companion graves are the Grave of Jaime Lopez and the Grave of Guillermo Sanchez.4455In-Game Text6677I'll pray that no one disturbs your rest, my friend. I admit, I was fond of your ugly mug, but I have no desire to see it again.Moving on without you will be hard. Especially if the dead don't stop hounding us.We'll press on with the expedition. If Columbus is right and the local priestess can help against Jones, I'll find her even if I have to dig her out of hell. Your death will not be in vain.88How to Find It991010This grave sits in the Coastal Jungle, the game's opening biome. Each of the three expedition graves is placed in a different tiered region: one in the Coastal Jungle, one in the Foothills, and one in the Cursed Swamps. Ancient grave sites you have already scouted are marked on the map with a magnifying-glass icon, so sweep unvisited islands and inspect the markers to turn them up.11111212Inspecting the grave adds its text to your journal and advances the Mystery of the Expedition quest. After all three graves are read, the trail leads to a shipwreck near Tortuga, where the final loot includes the Broken Ancient Medallion and the Skeleton of Juan de la Cosa.13131414DetailValueFound inCoastal JungleMap markerMagnifying-glass icon at scouted grave sitesTied to questMystery of the ExpeditionSequenceFirst of three named gravesAcquired byInspecting the grave (no combat required)1515Lore Context16161717Three named figures bracket this grave: the dead crewman Esteban Vargas, Columbus (likely Christopher Columbus or a same-named in-game expedition leader), and Davy Jones. The captain references the Order in the next grave, suggesting the expedition is a chartered religious effort rather than a mercenary trip. The line about the dead hounding the crew establishes that Jones's undead are already harassing the expedition before the priestess is even found.18181919Read in sequence, the three graves trace the expedition's collapse: this farewell at the start, the Grave of Jaime Lopez recording a first mate's betrayal and pact with Jones for an eternal life that never came, and the Grave of Guillermo Sanchez closing the tale. The shipwreck reward, the Broken Ancient Medallion, ties this lore chain back to the player character's own backstory and the larger faction known as the Order.20202121Stats22222323PropertyValueItem typeMiscellaneous (lore)Stack size202424See Also25252626Grave of Jaime LopezGrave of Guillermo SanchezSkeleton of Juan de la CosaMystery of the ExpeditionBroken Ancient Medallion27272828Game Data29293030Properties31313232PropertyValueStack20