He had timed his arrival so that he would enter after a good number of the guests had already gone before him. It was important to be seen. However, he had to ensure that he did not arrive last, for it would not do to appear tardy. He could not see the faces of the Stormcrown guards beneath their silvered full-faced helms, or their body language beneath their swaddling white cloaks, but he could see them twitch as he entered the estate and made his way up through the gardens. 