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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allfileusages gafcontinue="Cauldron_-_Shadow_Drake.png|3891" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="56" ns="0" title="Bluefrost Mountain" />
      <page pageid="78" ns="0" title="Barrier Forest" />
      <page pageid="83" ns="0" title="Blackthorn" />
      <page pageid="197" ns="0" title="Gnoll Catacombs" />
      <page pageid="212" ns="0" title="Underground Barracks" />
      <page pageid="3996" ns="0" title="Arilin Cathedral" />
      <page pageid="4028" ns="0" title="Blackweald" />
      <page pageid="4329" ns="0" title="Halloween Hill" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>