Enter Alyssa

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa raises an eyebrow, wondering if they have any idea about her skill set, but remains distinctly quiet on the matter.

"Thank you. May you find glory in your duty."

With that, she strides forward, Delaize in tow.

[Anastasia]

Delaize follows, "I've never been here, have you?" he asks, ever so softly.

[Iron Dragoon]

"A battlefield? Yes. The Red Knight's domain? Not at all."

[Anastasia]

Ahead you step into an open field. A battlefield perhaps, but a neatly kept field. Grassy with only a few clouds in the sky, a picture of a pleasant place. Ahead is a castle, large and built of sturdy-looking gray stone. Roads are here, going off in various directions, including the castle. It's daytime, warm but not hot and altogether pleasant enough here.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa looks around the battlefield, inspecting the layout like she would a large adventurer's camp. Looking for defensive positions, pit falls, traps, and looking for where the heaviest fighting was done. She's sure something in the castle has her and Delaize spotted and ranged already, so she simply strides towards it, watching for ambush points, traps, and possible incoming attacks.

"Be ready, Delaize. This is every bit as much of a battlefield as it is a God's realm. I wouldn't be surprised if the echoes of battles played out here on their own, without the Red Knight's active attention. If they do, if anything does, you can expect it to be every bit as real and lethal as the battle it came from was."

[Anastasia]

Got any ranks in anything relevant to that, Alyssa?

[Iron Dragoon]

I now have ranks in every skill barring Local and Perform, as those have tons of sub-skills or specific locale applications. So.. I guess... Engineering? Or whatever else you want, really.

[Anastasia]

Sure, go for that.

[Iron Dragoon]

> roll 1d20+15+15 K:Engineering/Bibliotheca
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 42 > [d20=12]

[Anastasia]

There's little signs of all over. Ditches that can be made into trenches. Signs of fortifications, scars well hidden. The roads move just so to funnel forces that use them. Little hills, giving the defender the advantage. So on and so forth, all subtly done.

[Iron Dragoon]

Note all of these as she goes; after all, there's nothing to do about it. Onwards to the castle!

[Anastasia]

The castle's gate is open, drawbridge down. The moat is clear and clean water - odd enough, honestly - and smells just fine. Two guards in the same armor as the previous ones stand there.

"Halt! This is Bishop Castle," they call, "Only those of the faithful of Red Knight may enter. Visitors, you do not appear to be pilgrims. What is your purpose here?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"I am Alyssa Songsteel, Regeant of the Arcane Order of Argasia. The Red Knight made contact with one of my agents and inquired about me. If she has interest in me, I would meet the Red Knight myself. My purpose is to open dialogue and begin a relationship with the intent of alliance and sharing of information."

[Anastasia]

"Then you may enter and be given rooms, and can rest here three days or until the Red Knight chooses to visit you. If she does not, then she will not and you will leave," the guard says.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods. "As I am the head of an organization myself, there are things I need to tend to and decisions to be made. Could you provide Regeant Delaize here with some token of identification or communication that can be given to a messenger, if I need documents or the like brought back and forth? Or perhaps a way to return back here directly?"