[Riku didn't mean that comment as a compliment, Varric, but if that's the way he's wanting to interpret it, that's fine by him.]

No guarantees. From what I've gathered, this has happened to several people here before. They were brought there by some sort of "savior" as well, though I'm not entirely sure what his goals were. From the sound of it, they were there for a while before turning up here.

[Long enough for Xanth to form some sort of grudge against him, at any rate.]