<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><em><strong>Later that night when everyone had arrived for dinner...</strong></em></span><br/><br/>Once everyone had settled into their rest areas for the night, and had a handle on their numerous emotional problems, at least for a while, the heroes gathered at the Elders palace at the center of the city. The castle complex seemed to be more modest than many of the ones that the heroes had seen. It was decorated like a military facility, tasteful yet not overly dramatic. Mostly the grounds were covered in statues of dragons and notable people who had helped found the city. Inside there were hundreds of paintings of dragons and mortals. As if each painting was a memory of a long lost friend or hero.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae244/ghost_stalker108/83A945C422F9DE0BC63698216369DFCF388AB3B3.jpg?t=1331861325)</div><br/>They were escorted to the back of the bottom castle beneath the stronghold at the top of the mountain, were the escort told them that the council of elders sat and ruled on matters of state. They walked through the conservatively decorated castle to the back porch, where the dinner was now just being served. A magnificent view of the river and the fresh and cool night breeze made for an enjoyable evening.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae244/ghost_stalker108/The-Thayer-Hotel-at-West-Point_Secondary12_wide.jpg?t=1331861511)</div><br/>The king was standing near the large table where everyone was to sit. He was also standing with Roseanna who had rested at the neck of the forest and was able to once again stand on her own. Arex had come and got her, catching her up on the situation that had brought the heroes there.<br/><br/>"Ah excellent you all made it. Im sure each of you has many questions about this place, please feel free to ask them as we sit down, I have asked the elders to help me with my own, but they were limited on their knowledge of what happened to me before I came here." Said Arex sitting down at the table.