He bought most of his supplies from the dwarves, since he knew they would be appropriately tight lipped about his purchases, as he was only buying from them, and they were getting a good deal of extra gold for their troubles of acquiring that much blasting powder. It wasn't like he was using the gold he was getting as his salary for much else.<br/><br/>He had one last Court function to attend to, and he wanted to head out with the Court knowing what direction he would initially take. Once he got out of the immediate lands of the Court, he diverted and met up with Aurelia, carrying two backbacks, his usual pack strapped to his front, a second pack without any magic signatures on it on his back, and another pack slung over one shoulder, this one a bag of holding with two larger bags of holding inside it. He was also wearing fairly heavy clothing, even considering it was winter where he was going. "Thanks for the ride. All you have to do is get me over the area. I can land myself."