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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Baal_Cadar|10947" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1454" ns="0" title="Sumpflager" />
      <page pageid="2329" ns="0" title="Baal Cadar" />
      <page pageid="3130" ns="0" title="Bewohner des Sumpflagers" />
      <page pageid="3948" ns="0" title="Die Kreise der Magie/Dialoge" />
      <page pageid="5555" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Pyrokokkus" />
      <page pageid="6243" ns="10" title="Vorlage:Dokumentation" />
      <page pageid="10947" ns="0" title="Cor Kalom/Dialoge" />
      <page pageid="13165" ns="0" title="Gothic Trivia" />
      <page pageid="16799" ns="0" title="Novizen des Schläfers/Dialoge" />
      <page pageid="17210" ns="0" title="Aufnahme Sumpflager (Tagebucheintrag)" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>