>"Does this mean we should divide out forces?" She wondered aloud, "we >can hardly allow such a frail old man to travel into death's maw, armed >only with his books and a berserker redguard!" She looked to her >companions for their counsel. > "Nay lass, we'll be better off tegether fer the time bein'" Elfiran's eyes got cold and hard, and his jaw clenched. "So the Brotherhood has nay given up yet eh? Well, we'll take Alduin and K'tarin with us. Any assassins foolish enough te try te tackle our force will end up with their heads joinin' yer collection. Ah'll get the kitchen te russle us up some travelin grub. The rest of ye better get yer stuff tegether. I mean te travel within the hour. Balefire, could ye set up some type of ward with a portal perhaps, around me tavern, since we're leavin it almost defenseless? Ah'd hate te finish our quest, only te arrive back here te cinders." Saying that, Elfiran went through the double swinging ironwood doors into the kitchen and shortly the sounds of harried activity could be heard within........