"Ah yes...that was another point I was going to speak about...You see the problem is that..." Said Arex lowering his head a bit after the question of distractions came to his ears. Just as he was about to speak a servant rushed up to him and brough news. "<em>Master Athkore, Lord Consul Karsis is just about to land for the dinner.</em>"<br/><br/>"Ah excellent our VIP has arrived" said Arex backlogging the question for a while as he watched the night sky and quickly spotted a dragon in the sky flying towards the castle. It quickly landed and showed its age and his appearance (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111216204946/elderscrolls/images/1/16/Alduin_Close-up.jpg) struck fear into the hearts of all who were present. The natural urge to defend themselves against the evil looking blood red eyes looked at each of the party. The dragons body was weathered with thousands of years of age. Its scales deep black with rough edges from weathering. However instead of attacking the dragon quickly went to its mortal form. A drastic change in its appearance was also in store. Its mortal form was one of a young but battle grizzled veteran (http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae244/ghost_stalker108/God_Emperor_of_Dune_by_SingleOrganicMachine.jpg?t=1331880201), scars lined his body, several patches of black upon further looking were dozens of small scales in various colors and shades. Around the open areas of his body were the armor didn't protect, were covered in Red, soft feathers (http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110311230145/finalfantasy/images/b/bd/Trancekuja.gif), his hair was also the same color. Even though his body was supposed to be human he still had a long tail covered in the same feathers with the occasional patch of scars and scales.<br/><br/>"Lord Karsis, thank you for coming" said Arex quickly standing and giving a polite bow of the head to the elder. The elder dragon then approached the side where Arex was standing. Those assembled could feel the shear amount of magical power emanating from this dragon.<br/><br/>"<strong>I wouldn't miss the party of the week, new comers is the closest thing to a happy surprise we get around here.</strong>" said Karsis, his voice calm yet still had the power behind it as if he was still in his dragon form. Arex then turned to the party.<br/><br/>"I would like to introduce Lord Consul Karsis, head of the council of elders and the oldest living dragon in existence." Said Arex introducing him. Karsis gave a slight bow of the head in response and said "<strong>A pleasure to meet all of you</strong>"<br/><br/>After a few moments of introductions, Karsis sat down with the rest of them and quickly partook of the food of the evening.<br/><br/>"<strong>Athkore, I have to tell you, a few minutes ago I had Sherara banished from the realm</strong>" said Karsis with a serious tone.<br/><br/>"Wait the snake lady near the docks? I thought we had her under control?"<br/><br/>"<strong>Yes, and I thought we had her taken care of, but she violated numerous rules of her house arrest. She first took in your friends here for hospitality, a clear violation of no visitors. Claiming weapons without permission of the party and then trying to get in as a friend with the group. She is was too dangerous to continue to have any sort of mercy on her. She has been given plenty of chances to change her ways.</strong>Said Karsis explaining the situation, then realizing that he was talking about the very creature that had taken in the group from the docks. "<strong>Im sorry that you had to learn of her this way but Sherara, the snake lady that introduced herself to each of you earlier in the evening, has been under strict and specific rules regarding her crimes against the elder council. </strong><br/><br/>"I'll try to explain it a bit better. Sherara was a special case from a few hundred years back. When she first came here she was very tame and comfortable with her circumstances. But as time passed she became increasingly paranoid and obsessed with the militarization of this city. Stockpiling powerful artifacts, perfecting battle techniques. She even killed an elder during her Gauntlet trials.<br/><br/>"<strong>Killed him? She coiled him up using her snake body, kissing him, then crushing the elders body till it was dead. Add to that a hypnotic gaze that she has been training to be more powerful and you have a deadly combination. I still cannot believe that the council voted to keep her after the trials and just lock her up in her palace was going to in any way reverse that behaivor.</strong>"