The Nature of the Beast

The Nature of the Beast is a quest in .

Synopsis
"The trolls living in these woods can't content themselves with being normal, terrifying trolls: these greedy-gut gluttons aren't afraid of fire, which is totally unlike trolls! Now isn't that a swinish trick? Some passing trader, who'd nearly become lunch for one of those beasts, told us that there's a wizard living nearby. Maybe this learned scholar could help us solve the riddle of the fireproof trolls?"

Walkthrough

 * ''The woods surrounding the house are lined with various traps. I wonder – is this wizard trying to protect himself from trolls? Or from something or someone even more dangerous? Perhaps we should ask him!

Locate the wizard's house

 * ''It shouldn't be difficult to find the wizard's house: there's a path from the road to his dwelling.

Kill the troll

 * ''How fortunate! The fireproof troll was trapped! We should help the wizard defeat him. – And afterwards, we may learn why the beast was fireproof.

Meet the wizard in his laboratory

 * ''The wizard found an odd brand on the troll's body. He went somewhere to deal with some matters, and told us to wait in his laboratory. A real wizard's laboratory! I hope we (well, I mean me) have enough self-restraint to keep our hands away from all his magic stuff...

Outcome
"What a surprise… The wizard turned out to be a creepy lunatic! Fortunately, he's staying away from us, at least for now. But I wouldn't turn my back to him. Uh-uh, no way."