You see a man in ragged robes. He seems thrilled to see you.
"Greeting, friend! I am called Bantam the mage."
"I was an apprentice mage. Now I'm a prisoner of the ogres."
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mage
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"Yes. I still have some modest powers. I plan to use them in my escape."
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escape
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"I managed to find a secret passage in this cave. The Divine knows why the ogres don't know about it. It leads to water. I planned to slip away and swim for it, before they devoured me."
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ogres
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"Brutish thugs. They wouldn't have all this ..." He waves towards the rest of the fort. "... if the ogre magi weren't providing the brains."
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prison
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"They captured me when I was fleeing the tower."
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tower
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"The Tower of the Magi, to the southeast. I was once an apprentice there."
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apprentice
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"Once. Then I fled. There are true horrors there."
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horror
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He shivers and winces. "I only heard rumors. But the way people acted made me believe they were true." He looks from side to side, as if afraid someone would be watching. "I heard they were going to summon a Haakai!"
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haakai
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He winces at the sound of the word. "The mightiest race of demons. Fierce and deadly. Utter foolishness to try to summon one, worse still to try to control it. I heard they were going to lure it to the tower, using a powerful magic item as bait."
He shivers again. "I tell you, it's bad here. But there, I was afraid for my soul!"
