The doors appear to fly open with Periwinkle standing right in the middle between the party and the wardens.<br/><br/>While you were expecting the wardens to waste their actions, they instead drink potions, cast spells, and otherwise make last second preparations for your attack.<br/><br/>The closest warden is the fiercest looking one clad in spiked full plate, holding a heavy steel shield, and shortly after slips his hand around the warhammer at his side.  You can tell he's the most likely candidate to be the head warden, especially when you see his armored, red toned tail swish in and out of view behind him.  Looking a second time you're certain the largest horns on his helmet are actually his own - the evil looking male is a tiefling!  He uses his breathing space to cast a spell...<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DC 17 spellcraft</div><div class="spoiler_body">He casts an Agonizing Rebuke on himself</div></div>...also revealing N'Dara's rod of lesser extending that he's using to enhance his spell.<br/><br/>Just behind him and offset to the parties left is a squat dwarven woman wearing Trish's parade armor of Sarenrae.  This warden also has a heavy wooden shield and is wielding a finely crafted dwarven waraxe once her spell is cast - causing her skin to appear like living iron.<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spellcraft DC 17</div><div class="spoiler_body">She casts Ironskin on herself</div></div><br/><br/>A second, elven male stands a little farther back and left from the head warden.  Victoria recognizes her dueling blade in his hand, his teasing swings with it almost offensive with their lack of proper grace.  His choice of spell is some form of necromancy as a hard porcelain shield appears to intercept your attacks.<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spellcraft DC 17</div><div class="spoiler_body">He's got a Defending Bone active</div></div><br/><br/>A second, small woman is running around everywhere.  She's clearly a halfling when she stops making a mess of the head warden's office...and the moment she sees Periwinkle she dashes towards them.  It surprises everyone, but most of all the halfling, when she runs headfirst into the closed door between you.  Peri's tactic worked on at least one of them causing her to waste her standard action standing back up.  Peri does get a good look at the halfling's ankles while she was stunned on the floor, the girl's wearing their anklets of striding and springing!  That's how she's moving around so fast.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Battle prep</span></strong><br/>Roll initiative with your first combat action, I will then resolve them in initiative order and ask for any adjustments if needed.