Thaddeus complies with all that is requested of him. Though he is somewhat perturbed at being asked to relinquish Demonsbane, he does not show it outwardly.
He recognizes the regent after a fashion; the kidnapping of the princess had been big news all those years ago, at least until the Fall supplanted it, and at the time, this man's face had become well-known around the kingdom. The passage of time hadn't done him any favors; though Thaddeus loathed his Drow heritage, he did at least appreciate the significantly enhanced lifespan it afforded him.
"I am Sir Thaddeus Birchwood, Junior Officer Second Class, My Lord," he replies. "I have served in the Ruby Keep military for forty years. My father was General Aloysius Birchwood, who raised me from infancy after discovering me abandoned in the wilderness. He passed away shortly after I joined the military.
"I am a devout follower of Heironeous, one of what some would call the Old Gods. I believe the so-called Old Gods are not dead, but have simply transitioned to some other phase of existence unknowable by us mere mortals. Few share my views, but I can still feel Heironeous's grace in everything I do, and my faith has not wavered in all these years.
"Some weeks ago I was taken from my home in the night, by a rebel organization who calls themselves the Orphans. I was made to live in an underground bunker on an island south of here, where immoral experiments were being conducted on animals. I was recently rescued by the squadron led by Lieutenant Dreadstone, and together we brought down the operation."
He pauses. "Continuing from this point would bleed over into a mission debriefing. Would you like for me to keep going?"