Their journey of two weeks have taken the delegations of fifty figures from the distant lands of Tovlok to a lush and fertile lands further to the south east, this land had been known as Sereth by the locals. Days of traveling through the Valley of Mlova had driven the elven to the point of exhaustion but when they reached the fertile region of Sereth, it was a welcoming sight especially when they stumbled upon the river in which the delegation break camp and rested for a day before continuing their journey southeastward. Along the way the shadow elven party stumbles upon small villages and through some dealings with them, Lady Asharess, head of the Vassalothian delegation were able to come up with an interesting fact of the existent of a rather unique kingdom south of Sereth. The locals called them Velerians and there have been many mysterious and dark rumors about them, if any of them are to be true then this Velerians have much to offer to Vassaloth and vice versa.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Deathbringer6679/2349589392_056aeed51b.jpg)</div>Lady Asharess did not go alone however as she is accompanied by her trusted companion, the deathguard, Solavir of House Dereinn. He is the currently the captain of the Deathguards in Verilith and he was sent to guard lady Asharess with his life even though he had some reservation of leaving the safety of his lord to someone aside from him, the elite troops of Vassaloth escorting the important figure shows how much the Vassalothian means business and certainly not a power to be trifled with, the witchking sends some of his own personal bodyguards, the feared Deathguard. The deathguard's ornate black armors are carved with intricately cruel and gory markings that incites fear and terror to the enemy, they are the personification of terror in Vassaloth and to have them escort the diplomatic delegation is a show of force indeed.<br/><br/>Soon the party arrived upon a lush forested areas with clearings made for trade caravans and carts to travel. This paved road leads straight to a large clearing up ahead in which the lady Asharess could see thick stone walls lining up across the horizon as far as the eye could see and the gatehouse seems busy with caravans and merchants entering and exiting the gatehouse.<strong>"I am thinking that we have arrived at our destination, mistress?"</strong>, the voice came from the hooded figure donned with heavy platemail armor similar to that of the deathguards but without the helmet and he's riding a steed alongside the carriage. The carriage is currently occupied by the shadow elven sorceress, and behind the sorceress's carriage are the rest of the delegation, twenty blade sisters followed by the witchking's deathguards, the carriage is only meant for the sorceress and was pulled by two desert horses and driven by a human steed driver on the front of the carriage.<br/><br/>The sorceress pulled the curtain obscuring the view into the carriage and peered outside to her trusted companion in response,<strong>"after miles of traveling we finally arrived upon a civilization, and I must say it is a welcoming sight for once..."</strong>, she then lifts off her hand so that the curtain falls back to its place and obscured the view into the carriage once more,<strong>"...let us see what this kingdom has to offer us and what we can offer them in turn"</strong>. There was a delightful tone in her voice when she said that, Lady Asharess has been known to be very adventurous and this mission which was given by her lord is a perfect opportunity for her to explore and learn more about the known world. The delegation from Vassaloth continued on their way towards the gatehouse where their fearsome and intimidating presence seems to attract stares and glances from the nearby merchants caravans and peasants walking by but they all seemed to give way to the delegation.<br/><br/>Suddenly Solavir turns away from the delegation and headed towards a group of peasants carrying sacks of grains with them, the peasants wary of him stopped immediately when Solavir block their way ahead,<strong>"greetings human, tell me, where are we now?"</strong>, the peasants looked to each other before one of the peasant answered him,<strong>"you're at the Withering Candle m'lord, this is the territory of Velar"</strong>. The deathguard nodded, and headed back to the delegation and took his place next to Lady Asharess's Carriage,<strong>"it seems we are in the right place mylady"</strong>.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Deathbringer6679/warelf.jpg)</div>As soon as they reached the gatehouse, the captain of the deathguard greeted the soldier guarding the entrance of the gatehouse. Still covered under the dark hood, Solavir approached the guard upon his steed, seemingly calm and appearing non-confrontational and as soon as he arrived in front of the guard, he pulled back the hood revealing his appearance as a prideful yet charming and rather handsome young shadow elf. His thick and yet short black hair is a rarity even amongst the shadow elves alongside his fair skin although undoubtedly underneath those heavy ornate armor lies dozens of scars from previous battles, and his sharp brown eyes peering down the guard with his haughty demeanor.<br/><br/><strong>"Hail human, I am Solavir, captain of the deathguard from Vassaloth and with me are the delegations from our nation in the distant land, we demand to..."</strong>, but before Solavir could complete his sentence, he was interrupted by the sorceress as she jumps off the carriage and walked towards the guard, followed by her loyal battle sisters, adorned with the barest amount of enchanted leather armor, exposing much of their body and each of them armed with cruel looking short blades. Her seductive looks seemingly trying to charm the guard,<strong>"Excuse my rather...impudent comrade here"</strong>, she said as she casts a glance towards the deathguard still on his steed,<strong>"we have come from a far away nation and we are on a peaceful diplomatic mission, since the barbarian plague in our homeland has come to an end we wished to make treaties and friendly relations with neighboring nations, if you could please direct us to anyone in authority we would be very...grateful"</strong>. A smirked carved across her lips, and it would be a lie if she didn't admit to having use some of her charming power on the guard and hopefully it works so that their delegation would come as a priority to whoever in charge.