Draiss avoided the patrols by the simple process of stepping to the side of the road, letting the 'well armed' squads pass by without doing much to cause a reason for them to remember him. He moved with the ease of a weary traveler, not interested in much beside getting to town and maybe seeing if there was something he could do there. He suspected what he was pretending to do was far more common than he would like to think. Once there, he got himself a room in one of the middle quality inns, making sure his pheromones were off before entering the city proper, and then got to work information gathering, just wandering around and listening, seeing if there was anything relating to the heroes he could pick up. Important get togethers of the heroes, a public appearance, any and everything that related to him was captured and stored for later analysis. After a few hours of wandering around, he headed back to the inn, glad that he had kept the long white hair in his cloak, though the hood had to be down to prevent the guards from taking more note of him then his shock of white hair and young, fair appearance would.