In the Hall of the Mountain King

[Dracos]

"Sure.  Why not.  Keep it to mostly swordsman though.  I doubt most of our berskers would work well, training or no."

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"Swords and pikes, sir yes sir."

Rez smirks, and heads up and out towards the stormrider camp.

[Dracos]

Dracos shook his head.  "Anyhow...  Someone go get Lord Ekim or shall I run out there?"

Dracos

[Ginrai]

Ginrai shakes his head.  "I'll go get him."

[Brian]

Nathan now goes to Noisy Training.

Ginrai now goes to Breath Born of Mud.

Radagast nods to himself, and Phil is left alone with the Loremaster, and the priestess.

"So ... Lord Boneforge is to open this portal?" Mirallia asks after a moment, looking closely at the iron seal, but not touching it.

[Dracos]

"Yes.  As I understand it, he built the seal upon it and is in charge of it."

Dracos

[Brian]

"He has the key," Radagast says nodding.  "It was constructed should all the other locks on this door fail ... Lord Kevin voiced doubts about the safety of leaving it unlocked here.  But none should enter...."  He frowns.  "We should station guards here," he decides.

[Dracos]

Dracos nodded.  "Couldn't hurt.  Cautiousness is the note of the day."

Dracos

[Brian]

"We didn't want to do something so overt, earlier," Radagast sighs.  "With everyone on guard as they are now, though...."  He trails off and shrugs.

Mirallia offers Radagast a smile.  "Well, we're surviving, and we'll win through yet," she says confidently.  "That's what's important."

[Dracos]

"My men can provide the guard if you don't want to worry more of the keep guard."  Dracos nodded in agreement with Mirallia.

Dracos

[Brian]

"We can manage the keep guards with more subtlety," Radagast says, then pauses.  "Actually," he reconsiders, "Storm-rider guards might not recognize the significance, and thus, not spread any rumors.  Hmm.  Well, Lord Kevin may accept that offer yet, Lord Bloom."

[Dracos]

Dracos nodded, waiting for Ekim to arrive.

Dracos

[Brian]

Mirallia hums to herself idly after a while, drawing that glowing pendant from her robes and turning it over to look at it for a moment.  This attracts Radagast's attention, but he doesn't say anything immediately.

After a while, he shakes his head and turns his attention to Phil.  "I think Windmaster Parthipan's stride must be a good deal shorter than Sir Shuker's," he says, smirking.

[Dracos]

Dracos glances briefly at the pendant, checking for any dangerous looking magics a touch paranoidly before nodded to Radagast.  "Parthipan has never been the...swiftiest of foot."

Dracos

[Brian]

To Phil's eyes, the seal is completely nonmagical.  The door is also very non-magical.  But there are threads of magic lining the hallway, seeming to originate behind the door.  You're not sure what they are at a glance, but they resonate calm and confidence.