Bandit drags the great book from his knapsack, the book with the mystic symbols, rescued from the shattered, smoldering ruins of Phalen’s house. Surrendering this book is difficult, for though it is the work of a mage and inexpressibly evil, it contains great power and many secrets. Its value is beyond estimation. It tugs at the Raccoon nature, and Bandit’s curiosity. He could probably not give it away if his own sister’s life were not at stake. Even if he could never learn the book’s secrets, he would like to keep it, hoard it.