The wizards and the warriors

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Name: Phyphor. Birthplace: Galsh Ebrek. Occupation: wizard.

Status: Master wizard of the order of Arl, with powers over light and fire.

Description: very old gentleman with scarred beardless chin, bald pate, black skullcap, sheep's teeth, grey robes, iron-shod wooden staff, leather boots.

Residence: Sunside Chambers, Prime Tower, Castle of Controlling Power, near Drangsturm.

It was Phyphor's birthday.

He was 5736 years old.

He saw no cause to celebrate.

It was windy; it was raining; he was wet; his boots were leaking. The sheep's teeth set in his jaws by enchantment were aching. He was a long, long way from home. And he was advancing into danger.

'We should reach Estar today,' said Phyphor to his travelling companions. 'So be prepared!'

His two companions were his fat, slovenly apprentice Garash, and a youngster named Miphon who had less than a century to his credit. In Estar, the three of them hoped to find the renegade wizard they had been sent to kill.

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