He gave a shrug. "No idea how they found out about Amelia. Queen said kill or bring back, and I thought it was rather rude to win before you even arrived. Of course, the Brotherhood had an apparent excess of rudeness, so I had to break the promise to the mage. Hence why I am here with her now. Besides, she is not comfortable around those that aren't completely human, so I figured letting your Court handle her would make it less of a mess. At least one that I would have to clean up."<br/><br/>He leaned back, and nodded in thanks to the waitress as she brought him his liqueur. "I guess what happened was that I arrived, made contact with the guards and mage that were already there, and discovered you hadn't arrived yet. Seeing how we could either dissolve our pleasant working relationship into games of sniping first, or keep it the sporting affair it is now, I elected to wait for you to arrive, and pledged to not remove her from the premises by force and protect her with all my power until your arrival, at which point we would decide how best to proceed. The night after my arrival, I awoke after midnight to discover most of the guards dead, the mage pressed, several dozen Vrocks dancing in the sky above, and two Brotherhood mages being snarky.<br/><br/>Naturally, I was a bit miffed about being awoken at such an ungodly hour, and expressed it with a simple dispel spell, which caused one of the two mages to suddenly remember what gravity was, and had a terminal encounter with the stone. Unfortunately, this allowed the Vrocks to finish their ruin dance, despite the sudden decrease in their numbers, mirror image is a nasty spell for them. The rest of the guards and the mage disintegrated under that attack, at which point I decided discretion is the better part of valor, and used dimension door to get to Amelia after perforating one of the Vrocks with several cold iron bolts. Another dimension door after securing her let me outside the compound with them none the wiser for the moment, and into the forest, at which point I contacted a friend and politely requested assistance in getting my sorry ass out of there before I was completely overrun.<br/><br/>Several enjoyable minutes of learning why fighting creatures with greater teleport at will in a forest with plenty of cover and telepathy between the members is a bad idea, I had terminally injured two, driven another off, and gotten several mortal injuries for my trouble. As the mage and remaining three Vrocks charged into the small cave I had selected to try and hold, the friend decided that I had waited longer enough, and teleported me out along with the Vrock that was attempting to perform surgery on my lung with its claws, I escaped, and thanks to some significant and immediate healing magic, I survived and am stronger for it. However, because of a violation of the spirit of the agreement, I am here with Amelia now, and turning her over to you."