Notice the lack of any magic users in the area. It really pisses me off when I die just because I didn't press the pot button fast enough or didn't jump high enough to avoid an enemy. It must be even worse for all the warriors and archers, because they lose 10% when they die and not 5%.
Spoiler!
Marche: It doesn't make sense. Why would bandits steal a thesis?
Montblanc: Maybe they're nerdy bandits, kupo?
I was level 10 in Beta, and my friends lead me to the fire drakes and told me to train on them. I kept going back and dying and they kept watching me.
dangit it expired by now. in another game I failed a mission so many times it gave me the option of "loser mode."