Standing casually, Ashram considers the people about him and informs the lowly; “Well friends, the hour is late and we must part company now.  All of us.  Leave here now, and summon the captain of the guard and his men to this place.  Go now!”<br/><br/>Leaving the company of his erstwhile drinking companions, he ducked quickly into the closest alley isolated from the streets.<em>Just my luck, and here I thought I’d be enjoying the festival</em>.  Clenching his fist, he could feel the small lump beneath his skin, as if an arrowhead had been healed over trapping it beneath.  “Let us fulfil the pact, Savnok.  Lend me thy flesh and thy body,” he whispered.<br/><br/>From his body Ulric could feel the power, the mastery of the steel body, and from his own flesh plates of steel melting through as though rising through mud.  It was over in heartbeats and from the alley a giant figure of steel marched forth, unwrapping the cloth-swaddled pole it carried to reveal a spear of blackwood and rune etched steel.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Actions</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Intimidate</strong> vs. drinking companions to compel them to urgency: <strong>Result</strong> 35 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=29502)<br/><br/><strong>Activate</strong> <em>call armour</em> (full-round action): +1 Full Plate already donned</div></div>