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Me	You're the farmer here?
Bengar	You could say so, but I'm really just a tenant.
Bengar	All the land here is owned by one big farmer.
Me	How do you make a living?
Bengar	Mostly hunting and the wood we cut. Of course, we also raise sheep and work the land.
Bengar	Onar saddles me with all these laborers, and I have to keep them busy somehow. Only a few of them are good hunters, you see?
Me	You're employing day laborers?
Bengar	Onar sends away the workers he can't use on his farm.
Bengar	Then he sends them to me. I feed them and they work here for me.
Me	Has anything strange happened around here lately?
Bengar	Many strange things are happening these days.
Bengar	But none as strange as the mysterious disappearance of Pardos.
Bengar	He's one of my field workers, and certainly not the kind who would drop everything overnight and slink off just like that, you see.
Me	What exactly is so strange about his disappearance?
Bengar	Pardos is such a timid sort - the furthest he's ever been from the farm is to the end of my fields.
Bengar	He would run away at the mere sight of a meatbug.
Bengar	Those things may not be pretty to look at, but you really couldn't call them dangerous.
Bengar	(disgusted) They say there's people who eat them. Gross.
Me	You get used to it.
Me	Maybe he was simply fed up.
Bengar	Working in the fields was his life. I cannot imagine him having gone to work for another farmer.
Bengar	With me, he could do whatever he wanted.
Me	Any clues at all?
Bengar	I think those bandits must have dragged him off. They've been roaming around this area for days now.
Bengar	I once saw them drag a citizen of the town off to their camp.
Bengar	It looked like they were going to make him a slave.
Me	Where is this bandit camp?
Bengar	At the far end of my fields, some stairs lead down to a small hollow. That's where they have made themselves at home.
Bengar	I'd like to go look for Pardos there, but there's no way I'm going up against those guys.
Bengar	And you had better give them a wide berth, too. They're not known for their sense of humor.
Me	Has Pardos come back?
Bengar	Yes, he's inside, resting. Thanks for everything you ...
Me	Never mind.
Bengar	Wait, I'd love to give you a reward, but I haven't got ...
Me	Forget it.
Me	Were the bandits carrying weapons when they passed by here?
Bengar	What kind of a stupid question is that? How would they be bandits if they weren't armed?
Me	I mean a whole LOAD of weapons. A big delivery.
Bengar	I see. Yes, now that you mention it, they were carrying lots and lots.
Bengar	Some in barrels, some in bags, and some on the cart they brought.
Me	What do you think of Onar?
Bengar	He's a greedy bastard who will get us all hanged in the end.
Bengar	One of these days, the paladins will come out of the city and make us small farmers bleed for what he's doing here.
Bengar	But I haven't got a choice. The militiamen only come here to collect and not to defend the farm.
Bengar	If I held myself loyal to the city, I'd be very much on my own.
Bengar	At least Onar sends some mercenaries now and then to see how we're faring.
Me	What have you got against the royal troops?
Bengar	It's obvious. There hasn't been any improvement now that the paladins are in the city. Just the opposite.
Bengar	Now these cursed militiamen come onto our land even more often and steal everything they can, and the paladins don't do anything about it.
Bengar	The only paladins that I've ever seen are the two guards at the pass.
Bengar	They wouldn't budge an inch, even if the militia slaughtered us all.
Me	The pass?
Bengar	Yeah. The pass to the old Valley of Mines by the waterfalls at the other end of the high pastures.
Bengar	Ask Malak about it. He was there a couple of times last week.
Me	I'm supposed to deal with your militia problem.
Bengar	What? I told Onar he should send a couple of his MERCENARIES.
Me	This is my chance to prove myself.
Bengar	Terrific. Do you know what the militia will do to me if you screw it up?
Bengar	Here I was thinking no one would come now.
Bengar	I already told Onar days ago. What am I paying my rent for?
Bengar	These bastards come by here once a week and collect the taxes for the city.
Bengar	It's a good thing you came just now. This is their usual time.
Bengar	They should be here any moment.
Me	There's so many of you. Why don't you just go up against the militia yourself?
Bengar	It's true that there's a lot of us. But we're not trained fighters like the militia.
Me	Let the militia come, then, I'll deal with them!
Bengar	I can't wait. Here they come now. See, I told you so.
Bengar	Just don't screw it up!
Bengar	Well then, good luck! You show 'em.
Me	Your militia problem is a thing of the past.
Bengar	Are you crazy? Do you know what those guys will do to me when you're gone?
Bengar	They're still standing around over there. Tell them they should disappear COMPLETELY!
Bengar	Not bad. Maybe there'll be something left over at the end of the month now for a change. Thanks.
Bengar	You even wanted to pay for me. That's very decent of you.
Me	Balthasar the shepherd isn't allowed on your pasture?
Bengar	Oh, yes. The story. I told him Sekob should pay me money if he wanted to lead the sheep to my pasture.
Bengar	To tell the truth, that's only harassment. I just can't stand Balthasar.
Me	The militia are gone, and Balthasar can use your land again.
Bengar	Why?
Me	(threatening) Because I said so.
Bengar	Mmh. All right, whatever you say.
Bengar	Let him find a place for his beasts somewhere behind the field.
Me	Take care.
Bengar	You too.
Me	How are things?
Bengar	Malak has disappeared and taken everything and everybody who would work for me with him. He said he was headed for the mountains.
Bengar	He couldn't stand it here anymore.
Bengar	Times are tough. I don't know how much longer I can hang on.
Bengar	The hordes of monsters pouring out of the pass every day to haunt the high pastures are really getting to me.
Bengar	If at least I had a few helpers or mercenaries.
Bengar	There was even one who was willing to work for me. Changed his mind, though. I think his name was 'Wolf'.
Me	Malak is dead.
Bengar	Then everything will just get even worse.
Me	I found you the mercenary you wanted.
Bengar	I've never seen anyone like that on my farm. I can only hope it will work out.
Bengar	Here, take this. I think you'll find it useful.
Me	Malak is back.
Bengar	It's about time. I thought I'd never see him again.
Me	It'll be all right.
Bengar	Malak is here again, but the situation has hardly changed.
Bengar	Unless a miracle happens, all of us here will be wiped out.
Bengar	Wolf is a strange fellow, but I think it will work somehow.
Bengar	Without Malak, nothing gets done around here anymore. If something doesn't happen soon, I'll have to give up my farm.
Bengar	Hopefully, he'll come back soon.