Nirael cast a look at the woman who had halted the advance of the undead when the woman that appeared to be in charge of them approached, and gave him a chill down his spine. The creations she was travelling with looked like a very serious threat if they tried to fight their way out of this, and it seemed unlikely things would go well, with Lunari and Mara already injured, and his own magic already partially spent. She was an intimidating figure already, and he felt grateful she had stopped the ghouls from running ahead to strike at them, but at hte same time he worried how things would turn out. At least she seemed intent to talk to them before acting.<br/><br/><strong>"My apologies M'lady, but we arrived here a short time ago by the aid of a spell cast upon us by an elven man from the northern village. We were not aware of how things have changed here, and seeing undead got us nervous. We sought to run away from them and make our way to the elven lands, but found ourselves cornered here at the river. It was certainly not our intension to break any treaties or accords. We are merely travelers who had the bad luck of being unaware of how things have changed here."</strong>Bowing his head respectfully, he addressed her in a serious fashion but with a measure of humility present without trying to grovel, wanting to explain their situation and hope for some agreement to be reached.<br/><br/><strong>"Our elven companion is from the village in the north, but has not been there for quite a long time. Seeing as we were being chased by some people with murder in their mind, we were looking for a safe place to recover and gather some additional information. Her village seemed like a good place for us to travel far away from the grasping hands of those after us. However, while I practice magic I am not strong enough to cast such a spell on my own. Another elf from the village whom we ran into along our journey volunteered to cast such a spell upon us, to send us to a place of power near the village. Unfortunately we were caught unaware this place of power was in what is your territory now."</strong>He let out a heavy sigh and rubbed his forehead.<strong>"I swear on my Life our sole intension was to reach the elven village and escape from what we thought was undead who had claimed this region without a true leadership. To be honest, the thought they had someone guiding their hand did not occur to me before seeing your approach, though I am grateful for it as we did find ourselves facing grim odds here."</strong>He smiled faintly, but drew a deep breath sighing heavily once.<br/><br/><strong>"I am Nirael, an Eros Mage, a wanderer, and a man who admits he was trespassing though without ill intensions or foreknowledge of the state of these lands before arrival. I hope you would be willing to overlook our arrival at the reassurance we will be leaving through the straightest route you would permit to us."</strong>He sought to gently press a hand on Lunari's shoulder, looking at her.<strong>"Is it getting any better, do you think you can walk?"</strong>He looked upon her worried. The risk of disease, and of paralysis, were both present with the ghouls, and he was worried what might happen to her. They needed to get out of here but it wasn't entirely in their hands right now.