"Seeing as how we are matched against undead, and I have the magic prepared to eliminate them in bulk, I daresay I will be considerably more helpful than most you might be able to offer. Your sharp tongue and your sharp blade will be of comparably low effectiveness against wights - that pretty little mace would be suitable, if you can lift it. Perhaps you should be the one to stay behind - read that book and educate yourself, while those of us with skills employ them - or else lay your cards on the table and show why I should be trusting you at my back in dark sewer tunnels. The wizard has already proved his competence in bulk, and there are few of the unquiet dead who can resist a powerful blow to the head. You have chosen to immerse yourself in genealogical minutiae, given critical analysis of other people's plans, and generally done nothing to actually progress our state of preparation."