"Bump me off?" Dex would laugh, happy, calm, and sounding quite genuinely joyful at the very idea. "My dear man, I would truly love to see you, or this Chosen, try. You see, the benefits of being what I am allows me several great perspectives. For one, I get to see you all work in futility, which is endlessly amusing. But I chose this place for a reason. I can watch all of the land below from here, and I can learn more than any other. And that information hold great value to you. I'm fully willing to let you play-kill me, and even take the fragment of my power you need to kill my wife, but... I want one of your women."



And the moment the cleric would attempt to detect any magic on Reiaz, he would be blinded, an intense light, such as looking into a bursting sun emanating from the man, caused the cleric to scream in anguish. He was clearly under some kind of magical influence...