*Less than an hour passes before a neatly-attired skeleton comes to conduct you to the Baroness. The room it guides you to is well appointed, with walls swathed in fabric of red and black, with comfortable chaits upholstered in crimson velvet. Bouquets of black roses stand in vases carved from skulls and trimmed with gold.*
*The Baroness herself sits on a fine gilded chair on a small dais, two black shadows floating on either side of her. She is a tall woman, stunningly beautiful with pale skin, blood-red lips, and golden blonde hair. She is an elegant and willowy figure, clad in a fine court gown of blue and gold brocade, and adored with a small fortune in sapphires and gold.*
"Ah... you are far better than I expected. I shall have to apologize to the Butterfly for insisting I needed help. Now, my beauties, I have a lovely little masquerade going on downstairs that I need your help with. Some delightful champions of good, their souls burning so brightly I noticed them three days off, have attempted to trick their way into my presense. Some of them are the jailers, the rest are the prisoners. And undoubtedly they wish to do something horrible to me the minute I arrive. Now, you are hired to protect me, so I propose this.
"There is a screen on the dais that will prevent them from seeing whoever is behind it. Ssessarina can be my imitator, and string them along until they choose to attack. I shall be in my own chapel, activating all the protective spells and guardians on my property. If you are driven back, come to the chapel and I shall be able to bolster you," the Baroness says smoothly. "What say you, my brave protectors?"