The earth pony smiled down at him as he searched the crowd that was observing the bout. There he was, the unicorn with the rapier, seated languidly towards the back of the crowd and at a corner, high up on a back seat that gave him a good view of everypony in the audience as well as a vantage over the griffons and ponies walking in between the duelling rings. It seemed that Whirlwind had picked up a bodyguard on his way here. Either that or those blasted elks saw fit to assign one to him anyway. An unknown entity, but one that he was confident he could deal with if necessary. Besides, if all went as planned, he wouldn't need to confront anypony. He just needed to make out the courier and get the crown, and then he could leave the little lordling to his business as Thunder went on his merry way.