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The Tavern was crawling with players, some laughing and sitting with friends already made, others sitting by themselves...their blank stares showing their owners to be AFK. A large group of players were circled around an NPC with an exclamation mark over its head. An obvious quest giver. The NPC, when spoken to, would say the following "Dear me! I'm in need of an adventurer to go and hunt 5 marmots for their pelts! My daughter needs a new coat!" It showed that its rewards would be 50 Gold, and 300 Exp. A player commented on the quest, "I can't wait to start the story line...being able to go into the dungeons...getting real loot...not the vendor crap." The player's friend nodded, "Yeah, but we have to be level 5 before we can enter our first dungeon...and we haven't even left town yet!" "All because you're too scared! You're a Sage! Just let me do all the fighting. You just keep me healed okay?" The pair then walked past Hera back out into the street, heading toward the Grand Gates.