The group began moving into the portal. There wasn't much chance of the tower being looted while they were busy - it was deep in the dangerous woods, in a sparsely populated region.<br/><br/>Nyrissa nodded. "Gladly." Turning to the worm man and the medusa, she said, "With me," and began to stride towards the portal, the two following after her. They were still loyal to her, at least.<br/><br/>There was no response from Talia - he could sense the connection wasn't even going through, much like when they were in Thousandbreaths. Given that Telepathic Bond did not work across planar boundaries, and the shorter-term one he had used stopped working when people stepped through the portal... that bode ill for what may have happened.<br/><br/>Stepping through the portal left them in the town square of his capital city... or at least, it looked like it. All around, enormous, twisting, spike-covered vines broke through the ground and twisted towards the sky, and his guard was hurrying everywhere, trying to contain the horde of monsters that had appeared in the streets, attacking people and buildings alike. As he stepped through, talia's voice immediately became clear in his head again. "<em>--throne room, waiting for you. Says he wants to meet you and--</em>"<br/><br/>This time, the telepathic bond ended with a more definitive snap - and he could feel the spell was<em>gone.</em>