Sancha

The entire journey had ended up being tiresome and unpleasant. It had proven to be nothing but large periods of boredom, interspersed with several minutes of panic, fear and violence while the next scourge attack was driven off. Caeta was a mage of some talent, and had joined in the fighting, despite the initial protests of the idiot lieutenant. Throwing magical fire from behind the defensive line of armoured bodies, the sickening wet crunch of a connecting fireball disgusting her yet feeding something visceral within her all at once. Sadly the cavalier who had shown interest in her had died in one of the first attacks, too eager to prove his worth to her maybe and she had been left with nothing but her notes and the expectation of the next attack to keep her company. Of the hundred or so elves that had been travelling with them, only around fifty remained by the time they reached Undercity. An amount clearly more befitting the number of guards assigned to them it seemed.

The column of people marching behind her had given Caeta much food for thought, the disregard with which they were treated, the seeming lack of magical talent among any of them with which to defend themselves. They seemed to lack supplies and a few she'd had a proper look at had seemed quite unsavoury.

The elf pinched the bridge of her nose and gave out a jaw breaking yawn. She was here now though. The forsaken were not what she was expecting, then again she wasn't sure quite what she had expected of them,they seemed so, well human, but colder, calculating and altogether menacing. After the initial introductions to the appropriate dignitaries she had made her apologies and explained that she had not slept much during the journey and direly required rest. They had insisted she be inoculated first, explaining that many unpleasant illnesses and diseases stalked the corridors and halls of the subterranean city, she accepted and was then shown to her quarters. The city was a cold place but a mercifully large fire warmed the room and an even more mercifully soft bed awaited her and she felt herself sink into the soft mattress as she collapsed on top of it, barely having time to kick off her shoes before sleep consumed her.