<div class="floatleft">(http://blog.friendster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Human-Warrior.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Harold Dean<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Hawks HQ<br/><strong>With:</strong>The Party, Cid, NPCs<br/><strong>Mentioned: </strong><br/><strong>Notes:</strong>Plans in motion<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stats:</div><div class="spoiler_body">HP: 30/30<br/>MP: 8/9<br/>Arm/M.Arm: 6/6</div></div><br/>He had been thinking. This 'Wither' magic, he didn't feel right messing around with it. Alex mentioned using it against the enemy. He scowled. "It's called 'Wither' magic, friend. That's a name most people would run away from. Very fast. I don't think messing with it would be a good idea." The Viera, Lynn, seemed to have some sense in all this. "Guards to eliminate, or slip by. In this case, a few skilled operatives would work out better then a whole army. An army would just get everyone killed."<br/><br/>He voiced little of his opinions. His companions, at least, some of them, seemed more concerned with being heroes or having a song written about their deeds. The Tears trained their young differently. Dashing heroics had little place. Let the Bards and the Entertainers embellish your story. The role of the Paladin was to fight evil, and that was accomplished by being fast, efficient, and making a good plan.<br/><br/>"Out of request, are there any secret passages or hidden entrances into the castle grounds? An escape route to be used by nobles when assassins come down? If Malik has the Queen in his back pocket, then I expect said passages to be guarded, but as they are supposedly secret, not guarded as well as the front door is. Roof access would be next to impossible-the palace is the tallest building in the city. Getting inside is the most difficult prospect, but once inside, we can probably use the layout of the palace against them. Find bottlenecks and easily defensible areas. If we can get in, destroy the rune, and slip out without being detected, that would lead to the best outcome. If we're spotted...we may need to destroy the casket entirely. Apparently it took Malik three months to build the damn thing."<br/><br/>The nu mou spoke, and he felt a tug. Whatever it was, he didn't like it. Such tugs led to forgetting the plan and getting cut down by your own foolishness. If this was the Goddess urging him, she could stuff it til he was done planning.