They gathered in the great hall that evening.
Darion sat at the head of the table. Garren was beside him, which was notable because four days ago Garren had been lying in his room with cracked ribs and a shoulder that barely worked.
Vera's magical treatments had been pretty effective. Although it wasn't effective to the point that he was all better, it helped him reduce the pain a great deal and in the slow restoration of his bones.
He had taken really bad hits, one that would take many weeks for him to fully be healed.
Seven senior knights filled the remaining chairs. Seren sat at the far end.
Darion put Vera's items on the table. The six bundles, the sealed disorientation container and the clay vessel of accelerant. He let everyone look at them for a moment before he spoke.
"These are why we can do this," he said. "Without them, we can't. With them, fifty people can do what five hundred couldn't do the conventional way."
