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//    Town 45: Bandit Hideout


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20 = "In the dim light, you think you can make out some sort of tripwire ahead.";
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26 = "These shelves contain several books on animal training and a plethora of notes regarding the bandits' training of a large number of wolves.";
27 = "From the records, you are able to tell how the bandits found wolves in the first place. There was a small pack of them hiding in these caves when the Avernites started to build Fort Emergence. The bandits stole some of them and raised them themselves.";
28 = "How the bandits got to Fort Emergence in the first place, you aren't able to figure out.";
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32 = "Among the crude works of well-thumbed fiction on these shelves, you find one of the mage's journals, written in a neat hand.";
33 = "The bandits have only been set up here for a few months. It seems they planned to raid the nearby settlements as boldly as possible until Avernum brought more troops here and then escape to the surface.";
34 = "One interesting note: the journal makes occasional oblique references to a big theft of some sort of statuette from the 'weirdies.'";
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38 = "The carved crystal box is small, and it only contains one thing: a small, beautifully carved crystal figurine. It depicts a vahnatai female (or, at least, you think it's female).";
39 = "The craftsmanship of the statue is amazing. The small figure almost looks alive.";
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44 = "The cave path slopes sharply downward here. It would be easy to climb down to the lower caves.";
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50 = "The only exit out of this room appears to be a stairway down.";
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56 = "You examine the chest very slowly and carefully. It seems likely to have a trap of some sort. Keep trying to open it?";
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62 = "With some effort you manage to slay the apparent leader of the bandits.  He won't be waylaying innocents anymore.";
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64 = "The Grinder has been brought to justice. This bandit lair has been defeated. Another favor done for Fort Emergence.";
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66 = "You circle the entrance to the bandit lair, wondering if there is a direct way in. You notice that there is an odd protrusion of stone sticking out of the wall nearby.";
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68 = "This chest has 'LOOT' painted on the top in large, crude letters. You open it eagerly, but you find only dust. Maybe the bandits are dirt poor, or perhaps they moved their ill-gotten gains elsewhere.";
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