@frapco
actually even back in those days it was alright to fail/abandon a quest/mission if the reality of the task did not align with the original description. they know he is strong so they use him for diffcult and dangerous (for their usual troops) missions. since he was told he would be...
seriously... he is able to do all that with fire magic level 3... and he puts 55 points into flight magic... (besides it feeling like a total waste of build) if he aint able to go mach20 now, I will be disappointed
@ItchyLongThing
i think there isnt supposed to be a deep meaning... which is quite refreshing. Nowadays it feels like we are often too stuck in looking for a deeper meaning, when a simple "thats what i want" suffices. Feels way more honest this way.