You're free to design manses at character creation as you see fit, and yes, you can use M-tagged weapons with the Melee skill provided they don't obviously replicate normal human brawling enhancements (fighting gauntlets, cestus, spiked harness, big metal boots, that kind of thing).<br/><br/>The seal beneath Anjushri's signature is an intricate sigil mingling the Old Realm characters for "This One May Pass" within a stylized labyrinthine design, something that would take extraordinary effort and ability to replicate.  A savvy Occultist would know that the temple-amphitheatre is very obviously a magical construct of some sort (winds don't clean rooms of their own volition!), though anyone with sufficient geomantic savvy would pick up that this place is not actually interacting with any of the dragon lines, and is subsequently not actually a manse.  Anyone with either demonology knowledge or direct experience in Hell-things would see the influence and stylings of the Silent Wind in this place.<br/><br/>The message obviously allows for a party of up to nine others, so Chorgath would have a pretty decent guess that a small retinue would not be inappropriate.  Based on the projects he's already got, having Sondok to watch his back and an agata for their transport makes legitimate sense to take along with him-- if maybe not for the meetings proper.  I don't remember off the cuff if GSPs can use Abscissic binding (and will have to check for a reference) what with their funky ways of going about things.<br/><br/>As for Sanger's request, the girl-messenger (who calls herself Panali Autumn Breeze) agrees to assist him with his current task, and proves an invaluable aid in rooting out the criminal-cannibal cult living in the slums of Port of Dragon's Jaw in An-Teng.  Nine Jaws Bronze, the wicked god sponsoring the cult, manages to escape justice this time, but it can also no longer call on the protection of the Pale Lady in trying to replicate its success elsewhere.