Marcos the Mage was an inexperienced mage. He fell in with a bad crowd, a pair of Evil halflings and a Bully with a big sword, on a quest for an heirloom or - bequest, he fought Barracuda, Bears, beholder-kin, Boars, and Bugbears. He must have been near-sighted for whenever he would target an area with magic, some of his companions were invariably caught in the wrong place. He apologized each time with such sincerity that his companions blamed ignorance rather than malice. "Hey guys, I learned Fireball!"