Zalvryn was quite taken aback by the presence of all these important figures, and even more by the fact that they weren't argueing amongst one another. It was highly unusual to see such a truce between the three factions. As Winnifred asked her question, he was about to answer, when Myodin the troublemaker answered in his stead. her style of speaking was spontaneous and direct, not a good way to adress one's superior. Still, Zalvryn wasn't quite sure whether the question had been rhetorical or not. He chose to remain silent, the answer had already been given by someone else, and him repeating it would just be redundant.<br/><br/><div><hr style="height:2px; width:100%; border:0; color: white;background:white;"/></div><br/>Winnifred took Myodin's spontaneous reaction in stride, despite the fact that lord albert was already cringing from the breach of protocol. "Yes Myodin, that is correct." The older thaumathurge fumbled with some sort of remote, and the scrying pool in the center of the room sprung to life. Winnifred gestured all attendees in the room to gather around the device as to suport her briefing with visual cues and images. "As you may all know, the northern border of our country has recently been devastated thoroughly by a severe magical anomaly. "As she finished her sentence, swirling colors became visible in the pool, which quickly congealed into a rather well known panoramic image of one of the northern forts overlooking a baren wasteland. It was one of the pictures used in a publication on the warp's influence on geography."What is less well known however, is that this anomaly has quite strained foreign relations." The image shifted, to a view of the orange park in laglant. A protest of some kind was going on. "laglant in particular is quite vicious on the subject, decrying our supposed incompetence at combatting the warp, with some of the more ludicrous claims being based upon the assumption that we somehow caused the warp intentionally." She then cycled back to the first image. "As you can see, these claims are utterly unfounded, the reason we are not actively figthing back the warp is because so little is currently understood of it. This can mostly be attributed to the fact that there aren't many researchers freely willing to go in the field to observe, so we have decided to gather a group to do so by the council's decree, if only to still the avalanche of criticism from laglant"<br/><br/>Winnifred took a moment ot catch her breath after this monologue. "I'll now give the word to lord Grande, patriarch of the house of planeguard." As the thaumathurge stepped down, the arcanist stood up to take her place. "Well, now that my associate has explained the situation to you all, I'll explain what purpose you all will serve." The man looked over everyone in the room, not giving any more pause to Zalvryn than he did anyone else. "You were all summoned here because each one of you has some sort of magic that we feel is suited towards researching the warp." By the arcanists beckon, Winnifred adjusted the scrying pool to the heraldic logo of the house of planeguard, a shield and blade standing against some unseen monster spewing forth from a magical portal"As the name of my house suggest, my family and I are responsible for protecting the land from incursions of an extraplanar kind. My reason for being here today is that we have evidence to believe the natural borders between our own material planes and the parallel planes is weakening in the warp."The heraldry in the pool made room for a diagram. It wasn't clear at first, but the legend that came with it made it clear that it was a diagram quantifying the amount of measurable extraplanar disturbances in or near the northern warp." While I do agree that researching the warp's nature will help clarify this matter, I think simple observation will not be enough. You are therefore also charged with assisting any ongoing efforts to fight back the warp and the creatures that are spawned by it while you are in the area, by decree of the arcanists of house planeguard." As the mighty arcanist finished his monologue, he made room for the final speaker. High-druid Alexander Gerold.<br/><br/>The older man gently stood up, though his step still had a grace and power one would not expect of a man of his apparant age. "I have little to add to what the others have said about the situation, but I will say that I urge you all to remain careful. The natural power in the warp is heavily disrupted, places that were once lush paradises have been turned foul and lifeless by whatever malign influence lies behind it. And the long-term effects the warp might have on one's mind and body have yet to be observed. There is reason to believe there will be some damage from simply being there however, considering the devastation that it brought upon the land by its mere manifestation." The elder druid finished his explanation, having not used the scrying pool in his explanation once. Once more, Winnifred took head of the briefing. "Now, before we finish this meeting, does anyone have any questions?"