To Zalvryn's pleasant surprise, the other attendees of the conference arrived not long after he did, what pleased him less though, was that he knew none of them. It was yet another sign that this assignment was something he was hastily added in to as to get him out of the way of things here in hoftmont. He stole a few good looks at his future companions. So far, the only thing that really impressed him was the elemental that accompanied the druid. He wondered where the druid had found the expertise to have it crafted, for surely, those savages out in the wild couldn't possibly have done such a complex thing themselves. The druid that seemed to be the elemental's handler was the usual druidic fare.; Ugly, cheap clothes, A seemingly permanent layer of dirt. Zalvryn didn't look upon him for long.<br/><br/>What catched his attention and his worries though, was the presence of a rather infamous thaumathurge. What Zalvryn had heard about her renewed his suspicions that this mission was meant to get everyone currently in the room as far away from hoftmont as possible, for varying reasons. He had heard anecdotes from the rest of his family of how this young lady was prone to causing wanton destruction with her experimentation. Despite all this though, Zalvryn remained silent, it was quite against protocol to engage in small talk while the meeting could start at any moment.<br/><br/><div><hr style="height:2px; width:100%; border:0; color: white;background:white;"/></div><br/><br/>As the last attendee entered the conference room, the officials that would lead the briefing were just arriving, they were all figures of high standing, and one would think they would have delegated this meeting to their subordinates, even considering the sensitive matter that would soon be discussed, leader of the briefing was the thaumathurgist Winnifred Marius, she was a leading authority in many fields of research, and her presence here meant that this briefing was more important than the several research projects she directed. At Winnifred's side was an arcanist clothed in the same heraldry as Zalvryn, who briefly gasped at the personal appearance of his father, lord albert grande. What was the most unusual though, was the third speaker, a druid. It was alexander gerold, the high druid of the circle of earth's vigil, the largest circle of teuveran, located in dennenfort.<br/><br/>All three of them were important representatives of ther respective factions and beliefs, and the fact that they were all present at the same meeting signified that something dire was going." Finally, as they placed themselves before the attendees, Winnifred opened the conference with a simple question. "Do you all know why you were summoned here?"