((well I was thinking that the roads around that Capital city will be guarded obviously, but if you went through the cave and popped out only a few yards from the castle, then used the entrance you find by sly mike it'd make me relevant (not to mention I can make my char have a troop of some kind of creatures to help with your cause) or you could have sly mike already know my minoatur and that my cave IS the secret entrance whichever way you want it to go ^_^)