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KINN'ZUWANNIK "Ah, I know you to be a man of your word. And, why not trust me, there is nothing that I would gain by hiding. Let me see. I think that I have already answered your question about why I did it. For the Vase of Peace of Mind. When am I going to get that back, by the way?" (Sees the expression on Blandamour's face and hurries on.) "As for the lich, yes, Peven is his name. He was a great mortal wizard, once, but, felt his death approaching and became a lich. Of late, he became sorry that he never had an heir, so he set about creating one. He had a phial full of his semen, magically preserved, for some spell or other, I presume, and he enchanted a tribe of orcs. Not too hard, for a lich of his power. He determined astrolgically that your sister was the one whom had the greatest chance of success, and kidnapped her. He then made the orcs methodically assault her, magically changing their seed to his. So, you see, the Lady Roxanne bears Peven's child, not some half-orc. That is why he is frantically searching for her, to steal her back. He is not having any luck, though, I hear. You must have chosen her refuge well. Now, will you heal me, and let me go back to sleep? Enchanting as it has been to meet all of you, again. Lady Blandamour, your Royal Highness, my duty."
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