((Creativity...dwindling...must...post...))<br/><br/>Vincent appears to overlook the upset expression on Sherani's face. The old keeper had not meant anything by it - yet, given the way Sherani has been treated in Espen, it is no surprize she might take a bit of offense to it.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"> Sherani </span><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Sherani knows of only one entrance into and out of the city - the norther gate. It is the method she used to enter (Only learning of the destroyed walls after she'd actually gotten INTO the town), and she only has a single bit of knowledge about it - she was given hell. Clyde frequents the northern towers, and after spotting Sherani trying to peacefully make her way in the front gates, he'd VERY quickly dispatched guards to apprehend her.<br/><br/>Sherani easily intimidated them away (If she would have), but pretty soon she was confronted by Clyde himself. Needless to say, he was a bastard to her. It was only because there was absolutely NOTHING he could pin on her that she managed to get away without being arrested on the spot. Even so, she was pushed to the brink of sanity trying to remain calm and avoid getting into a great deal of trouble.<br/><br/>Likely, if the north gate it taken out of town, Sherani would be the only one in the group to be given a hard time. A second run-in with the guards stationed at the northern gates might not turn out so favorably the next time, though.</div></div></div><br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Ureck</span><br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Ureck, given he *LIVES* in Espen, knows of three quick-fire methods of getting out of Espen - though all three of them, even in daylight, might cause trouble. There is a sizable, unbuilt hole in the south-eastern corner of the city, though it is currently under control of a group of mercs that have been charging refugees (And those turned away at the north gate), a sizable sum to enter the city unharmed. Those that don't pay, or refuse to pay, are normally devoured on the spot.<br/><br/>The merc group itself is not very large, consisting of seven different individuals. However, they *DO* know how to fight to some extent, and have been keeping the lesser wild animals away from the city...sometimes.<br/><br/><br/>The northern gates are frequented by Clyde. Given the state of the guard, trouble is a 50/50 chance. It is likely the safest route for everyone, except for Sherani (And possibly Rak).<br/><br/><br/>The south-west portion of the city walls also remain unfinished, and houses  thugs, brutes, and refugees in great numbers. There is no guard patrol here, period - everyone forced to live here is left to their own vices. It is getting to the point where it is dangerous to even walk around in the daytime, for fear of getting mugged or worse. Taking this route would likely ensure conflict, though it would be far, far easier to overcome than either the guards (If trouble brewed), or the Mercs to the southeast.</div></div></div><br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Lilium</span><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Lilium entered through the main northern gates. It came to smooth talking to prevent her from being detained and searched (And her fox caged for the time being), but she was successful. There is a chance talking the party out through the front gates is there again, but it would be rather difficult to do.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Their plans made, the party prepares for a long journey - and a dangerous one.