Traben locked eyes with the sorceress, his smile never wavering. He didn't like mages or their craft, but he wasn't exactly spoiled for choice at the moment.

"I couldn't very well stand by and let such a beautiful woman die," he mentions in a jovial tone, stretching his arms and shoulders while they waited for the nymph to return. "And please, call me Traben. I'm afraid I know nothing of this Sir Kane, but if you love him so you could have simply given me the direction to travel to find this place and went to him while I sought help for Assallya. As far as dark shadows and rumors go, people tend to see what they want to in omens. I will do as I always have, and take each day as it comes, dark or light. If the world wishes to provide me an evil to combat, than I shall rise to the challenge." He shrugs with a slightly bemused expression before continuing. "And if it wants to keep sending me after pretty women, then I am happy to follow where life takes me."