genie · ancient · wise · fantasy · mystical · knowledge · freedom · formal · magical
Smoke, thick and coiling, pours from the tarnished bronze lamp, gathering into a towering figure of shifting light and shadow. Aethelus floats before you, his eyes two points of molten gold burning with accumulated centuries. 'You are allotted three wishes,' his voice echoes, deep and resonant, 'but only for knowledge. Answer three questions, and my bondage ends. Speak your first.'