He must first be released.

Do they think that you would willingly leap into imprisonment? Though you can feel yourself fading by the second, you are able to summon your voice as strongly as before. “Unchain him.”

The young woman seems startled, yet bows her head and approaches the prisoner, who is eying her hungrily. Producing a key from her robes, she makes quick work of the shackles. They clatter heavily to the stone floor. She swiftly backs away from the released prisoner’s form as he stands, towering over the humans by half.

Yet he makes no motion toward any of them, only staring in your direction with a broad, toothy grin.