The guards, smiling quite warmly as their dark lord started to walk away, nodded and beckoned the pegasi forward; at their urging, the crowd became a procession.  Forgath and his ponies led them through the gates of steel and ice and along the cobbled streets.  The pillar of flame acted as their guide and destination, much as it had led to the pegasi finding the town originally, and many couldn't help but glance up at its strange ruby glow.  