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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 2853772" data-attributes="member: 3448">The group headed directly to The Golden Lion, where Dridall was lodging. Dame Brionna asked to book the best room in the house, but the innkeep informed her that the best suite on the top floor was already occupied; perhaps she would like one of the other fine rooms on that floor. The innkeep quickly admitted that he had a noble from out of town lodging in the nicest room, trying to impress potential clients with the exclusiveness of his establishment. Dame Brionna quickly agreed to let the second-nicest suite, and the group made its way up to the top floor. A brief scouting effort confirmed that there was one person in the other suite and no one else apparent on the floor. Kit picked the lock to the room, and the group burst in. A young man, with a slightly reddish skin tone and the barest hints of horns under his hair, sat up on the bed. Alistair, still invisible, recognized him as Dridall and whispered, "It's him." "Lord Dridall," Dame Brionna began, "we need to ask you to come with us. We can't permit the skaven to use you to destroy the Archduchy." "I don't want to hurt anyone-- I never asked to be part of this. But I can't leave the inn. They watch the entrances carefully. If the ratmen see me leave without their permission, especially with anyone they didn't send, they'll do terrible things to my family." "We'll take care of your family," Dame Brionna said. "Lord Alistair knows that the skaven are forcing you to do this. He won't let them hurt your family." "How often do they check on you?" Kit asked. "Directly? Only once every few days. But they watch the entrances and exits constantly." "So if you slipped out invisibly, we would have several days to mount a rescue mission for your family before they even realized you were gone. More, even, because it would take them time to be sure that they had lost you permanently and then to send a message back to where they're holding your family." "I guess so... but I don't have any means to make myself invisible." "Ah, but we do," said Alistair, lowering the hood of his cloak. "I'll head out, with the cloak up and with a companion. I'll send the cloak back in with the companion carrying it, we'll use it to make you invisible, and then Dame Brionna will escort you back to the palace. We'll keep you safe and anonymous there. And then we'll rescue your family." "I guess that would work. But how do I know that they won't hurt my mother before you rescue her?" "You'll just have to trust us. We can't leave you as a pawn for the skaven. The risks are just too great. So we can't wait on your rescue until your family is safe, but I give you my word that we will rescue your family as well. We're not trying to save Canberry so good people can be abandonned to monsters." Dridall looked at the determined faces of the group surrounding him. "I suppose I don't have a choice." The plan worked like a charm. Within minutes, Dame Brionna was riding a horse towards the palace, her arms firmly holding an invisible Dridall on with her, while the remainder of the group headed back to the palace by a different route.</blockquote>

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