Rygel arches an eyebrow at Ansalia, "You seem to think I'm joking, and I admit a certain flippancy.  But I am deadly serious; a typical and benign religious order has little reason to locate themselves so far out in the wastes.  Further, they have means of defending themselves against the dangers of this land.  I can only urge caution, in case the forces they serve are darker and more dangerous than we ought treat with."  He shrugs, "But it matters nothing for the moment.  We may hope they are merely eccentric."<br/><br/>Rygel walks forward to within hailing distance, and shouts at the guards.  "Ho, the gate!  We come as emissaries and friends!  We are your neighbors in this desolate country!  Will you have words with us?"