Ancalagon heads to the throne room, and grabs what he needs from his portion of the hoard, and then heads toward a small room to the back of the throne room. It is a glorified closet, with a desk, a pair of chairs, a cot behind the desk, and enough room to sneeze in, but it would serve as his work room, and as a place to sleep when the throne was not what he wanted.<br/><br/>At the moment, though, it would do for the ritual. Grabbing a brazier from the storage rooms down stairs, he burns some of his incense, enough for the specialized version of the ritual, and then enters the trance that the ceremony calls for. An hour later, he breathes in deeply, and seems to waken from the sleep like state he was in, and looks at Raura, and says, "So, how do you feel?"<br/><br/>Standing, he gets one of the dragons to fly him and Raura to the temple where he picked up Shale, and goes looking for the kobolds, lizardfolk and Yuan-Ti.