The Tower stands tall, built of the best stone with a number of odd runes that only the local mages truly know how to read. Despite age the stones do not crumble, and stand ever vigilante as a watch station for the city.
Within the walls of the city, Inside Tower
mage
goblin
The goblin lives deep inside of caves far away from the sunlight. The goblin lives on deep cave algae and small critters and bugs that he can catch on the cave floor. The goblin avoids people as much as he can to stay alive.
I see you there, are you here to cage me with magic and trap in a cell for the rest of my life? I have no need to waste my time on such a pitiful creature. Hey, I am not pitiful! Just... lonesome. Then what brings you here? I have come to venture beyond the city walls. I have felt a calling. Something is stirring. Oh, sounds exciting. I did see these weird letters appear on the walls today. Maybe that might be related.  Indeed. This rune has some power to it. I will have to consult my book. What did you see? May I have this torch? Look here at this wall, I can not decipher it, but it looks like a rune. I heard mages know how to read all kinda of runes.  Well done, friend. Seems you may not be as useless as the others have assumed. This is interesting. It does seem to indicate what I've feared... a warning of the East. A warning of the East? Surely not? I thought the East was a myth...  Certainly not. Their power rises. Our kind has not seen the last of the Easterners. There are dark days ahead I'm afraid. A kind so savage as them will brink havoc to the Kingdom. All the more reason to stay within these walls.  No, friend. I need to do some investigating. There are questions that need answering. I must inform the others what I find. Will you join me on this journey?