Gnomish Mage in Cazic-Thule?

[Valakut]

probably a broken temple of solusek ro quest.

mages went to cazic thule to get a stein, a broom, a torch, and a shovel to get their focus items

that gnomish mage probably tried and got caught by the lizards but was intended to offer you some sort of tip or maybe exchange certain pieces.

the dwarf was probably the muscle that the mage hired because gnomes feared that ogres could eat them so he probably need a bodyguard