Devaguea smirked at the outcry, continuing ahead. He nodded to the others, only Kesten and Akiros having shown up with Nyrissa while Dev moseyed toward the keep. It took but a minute to set up the meeting, Akiros and Kesten flanking the door in, and Nyrissa would enter after Dev changed form and join him. "Hardly trouble, a blue dragon a bit too eager to claim the town, but might be useable. She was just loud, and made a vague threat toward me with Sak'bas nearby. Considering my relationship with Sak'bas, I can deal with soothing an irritated blue rather than my paladin."<br/><br/>Once the blue was brought in, he was standing in the center of the small dais on one side of the large meeting room, the tables that usually filled the room removed, and as Sak'bas approached he shifted to his dragon form. Then Nyrissa entered past the blue, and took a seat on his offered forearm, before Devaguea gave the blue a smirk. "Lets start again. I am Emperor Devaguea Rex Tyranus of the Stolen Lands, this is Queen Nyrissa Blossom of the fey of the River Kingdoms, you met Sak'bas already, and General Kesten and Warden Akiros are behind you at the door. This is not an interrogation, but a job interview for the position of administrative overseer for Pridemoore. As Sak'bas has family in the area, and I am rather protective of my subjects, we take threats, actual or implied, seriously. I do apologize for the manhandling."<br/><br/>Sadly, they hadn't returned to the River Kingdoms, so he couldn't do his usual amused declaration of not being threatened by the applicant, but he hadn't expected his first to be for Pridemoore.