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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allredirects garcontinue="Dark_Ages" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="65" ns="0" title="Bacon Theater" />
      <page pageid="12" ns="0" title="Barbarian" />
      <page pageid="10" ns="0" title="Bard" />
      <page pageid="610" ns="0" title="Bearbarian" />
      <page pageid="340" ns="0" title="Calendar" />
      <page pageid="150" ns="0" title="Church of Blazing Glory" />
      <page pageid="8" ns="0" title="Cleric" />
      <page pageid="657" ns="0" title="Cousins" />
      <page pageid="104" ns="0" title="Cutthroat Jim" />
      <page pageid="370" ns="0" title="Darius Corellius" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>