<strong>“Please come with me. The wards on the river are holding. It's banks have been evacuated, patrolled by regulars and militia alike. The spells that will make it possible to penetrate the mist cannot be cast over whole armies. It will take people like you to save this land.”</strong><br/><br/>Rel took the Captain's words to heart, glad that there were wards in place and patrols to protect his people. He inhaled deeply as the thought that these people around him were those who would find and defeat that which used the Onyx Mist as its messenger.<br/><br/>The tall ranger watched as the others left for the throne room. Reliat hesitated, standing beside the cleric Sassy. They would all be together for the protective spell, and he wondered who the captain thought might be a candidate for the group's leader.<br/><br/><br/><br/>