Xion would see Annie go into the teleporter and sighed some, shaking his head as Amara just did a similar expression and gesture.  He didn't like having to tote her around but he could tolerate an elven woman as he did have a bit of a soft spot for them: they were better in bed than human women were.  With the woman's aid, he'd manage to hurry toward the city, evading the traps that were laid out adn bypassed checkpoints with Amara's intercession; she'd be talking to the guards saying he's helping her get back since she couldn't walk. They couldn't argue with it and let them through toward the city proper.  He'd actually manage to get there just before the good team had but only by a few moments or so: nothing monumental.  As thanks for guiding him: he'd let the elven woman live by dropping her off at the nearest clinic. No sense causing trouble just yet: alone he was strong but not even he could fight off all of these elves and the good guys.<br/><br/>He would wander around Cam for a moment, marveling at the efficiency they were operating to put out the fires he'd caused earlier.  Xion knew that the good guys could probably sense his presence there but couldn't pinpoint it due to all the magic energy in the air and how it was concentrated in the city itself.   "I know they're here, maybe I should go find them and say hi." he sniggered to himself as he found a bench to sit on and leaned back against the bench and sighed some, remembering just how he got into the conflict with Arioch s long ago.<br/><br/>It was some time ago when he was visiting his daughters just before the queen was killed by Gandrian.<br/><br/>The two of them had been arguing about his right to see the two little girls, he wasn't about to let the high elf tell him not to and was blatantly threatening her.  He wouldn't hurt her in front of the girls but he sorely wanted to; but to some degree she reminded him of her sister: Lyra and Corona's mother.  At the time it was the only thing protecting her from his anger and he'd be forced to leave them but not before he got to hug the girls that seemed to love their daddy and were trying to stay beside him during the argument.  In the end it was agreed that it was best for them to stay in their home city so they could go to school easier and at least try to have a normal life.<br/><br/>But after all the bad stuff happened, the city closed it'd doors and that damn witch was the most strident person he'd ever met when it came to trying to keep him out because he was known as a tyrant in the north.  The queen herself had turned a blind eye toward what he did as long as he didn't openly threaten her realm, but with her gone things quickly went downhill and several parties of dragon hunters had come after him and all met a grisly fate, usually by getting thrown back to their homes...from 2 miles in the air.<br/><br/>Shaking it off he'd get up and continue his explorations of the city to try and find out by passively eavesdropping on conversations if he could locate the shard by talk of a "royal treasure" or something like that.  He could easily find them and shifted his appearance to the one they'd recognize instead of the half-elf one he used while in the city to avoid problems.  He knew they were on the outside, so he'd take a seat on a nearby bench inside the city itself within sight of the gate near a fountain to wait for them.