Draiss was quietly laughing to himself, though he composed himself, the spear hidden from the guards view by being on the opposite side of his body from him. He glanced backwards and laughed, before shaking his head. "That women must be out of her mind, using explosives in that small of a room. But it definitely opened the door, like a dwarf would do it."<br/><br/>He whirled back around, the butt of the spear expertly catching the guard in the head, knocking him against the wall and into unconsciousness, before dashing deeper into the manor, bee lining for the indicated war room, not doubting that Icyn was unarmed or unaware of Ulden heading for him, but he wouldn't run in front of all the guards. He would have to stand and fight, and Ulden's memories showed a decided weakness to close combat, having focused on the bow to the point of specializing. He probably had a few new tricks, but peace tended to make people sloppy, and Draiss was much more dangerous than Ulden.