Basden

Basden can be found caged at the leftmost end of Mines behind a locked door. In order to reach him you must defeat Cave Troll miniboss.

Dialogues
"Thank you for your assistance! I am Proffessor Basden of the Guildean Academy of Science. I suppose you are wondering how I ended up in that cage. I first arrived in Karthas nearly a year ago, searching for remnants of King Trell's caravan. While staying in town, i learned of the cave paintings throughout these caverns. To my astonishment, the paintings were made by an undiscovered tribe that lived here nearly one thousand years ago. I named them the Ladori after these mountains, and began to devote all of my time to learning about them. They're a very interesting people, but their sudden disappearance is what captured my curiosity. My research was going swimmingly until one of those creatures sneaked up on me while I was studying and knocked me out. The next thing I remember is waking up in that cage with a splitting headache. ''I believe we have a common interest in finding out why people, both ancient and modern, keep disappearing here. ''The miners were last blasting on the bottom floor, so we should head down there to begin our investigation. ''Come, now! Together we can open the gate to the lower levels of the Mines!"

"Now, just stand there for one moment while I lock the gate in place. That should do it. ''Now follow me!"

"The passageway the miners opened is just ahead. But before you continue on, perhaps a history lesson is in order. The Ladori believed that the spirits of animals influenced every aspect of their lives. However, at some point they began to worship a strange demigod called X'uta Ulak. They believed this Ulak controlled an army of monstrous minions who would herald the Age of Darkness This symbol is what the Ladori used to represent Ulak. It is also the last evidence I have been able to find of the tribe before they vanished without a trace. What could have happened to them? Could this Ulak be connected to the monsters and the disappearances? The answers we seek must lie beyond the passage ahead! ''I will wait here until you've cleared the way."

"Astounding work! Never in all my life have I seen such a skilled fighter. With my brains and your brawn, we may just have a chance of getting to the bottom of this. Now let's hurry - time is of the essence!"

"This place is incredible! I have learned more about the Ladori in the last hour than I have in the pasy year. Many artifacts are buried here among the deadm but this one is the most intriguing. These inscriptions say that Ulak ordered the Shaman to move his people underground. Then the tribe turned its attention to the construction of the Temple you see in this carving. It goes on to say that countless generations of Ladori died during the construction of the Temple. Their remains were placed in these Catacombs to await the Age of Darkness, when they would rise again. If they built this Temple, where could it be? And why was it so important? Please, continue on without me and see what else you can find. ''I will catch up when I finish here."

"Absolutely astonishing! How can all of this plant life flourish where there is no sunlight? Unfortunately, there is no time to speculate now. Tally-ho!"

"These tablets contain a trove of information recorded by the Ladori! The language has advanced rapidly, but I am doing my best to translate it. It seems all this began when the tribe found a peculiar stone deep in the Mines. This Shadow Gem, as the tribe called it, reflected no light and was said to have a strange aura of energy. The gem gave the Shaman what he had always wanted: the power to visit the Spirit Plane. The Ladori believed that the Spirit Plane was a place between worlds where powerful spirits reside. It was in that place that he first made contact with Ulak. When he returned to his body, the Shaman had powers that made the tribe fear him. He told the tribe of the coming Age of Darkness, when Ulak and his monstrous minions would conquer our world. The Shaman then commanded the tribe to begin preparing this place for the arrival of Ulak and its army. ''Could the monsters roaming these corridors be the first wave of an invasion? ''And could the temple the Ladori were building be part of these preparations? ''you should continue on ahead and see if you can locate the Temple. ''I'm going to stay here and finish these translations."