Trapped!

So he asked: "So what happened to the Princess and the painter? Why have they not returned to the Kingdom?"

"For the same reason that I am still here myself, reduced to scavenging for a living and trying to avoid the dragon's notice. The dragon has arranged for magic wards to be placed on all the exits from the caverns, so that no-one but himself can leave. That's why no-one who comes here is ever heard of again. And since no-one ever returns from the caves, nobody outside knows about the wards."

"So none of us can ever get out?"

"Maybe someone can learn enough magic to be able to counter the wards. It's also been suggested that destroying the dragon might also destroy his wards, but nobody knows for sure. Sooner or later, after none of the knights sent to kill the dragon have returned, maybe some ruler will be bright enough to send a magic user instead."

"Are some of the knights sent before me still alive?"

1. "Yes, a few."
2. "Yes, but they were captured by the dragon and either imprisoned or made into his servants."
3. "As far as I know the dragon caught and killed them all. He spared the Princess, perhaps because she was female or perhaps he thought that she was sufficiently important that she might come in useful as a hostage."

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