Leon nodded to Jen's bow. The King simply sat there. Leon had half a mind to hit him lightly upside the head for being rude, but thought better of it since someone was now here with them. When Jen took a seat, and watered her Spoink, another girl walked in. She too bowed, but also wanted to talk to Leon. He was taken aback by this. "You can talk after the meeting. I imagine that you will all spend quite a bit of time together during this mission."
Leon leaned forward. "Sir, this is all of the squad."
"What? Two people? I had a bit more faith in you Lucian." The king was still cracking jokes. Leon shook his head. He really ought to learn when to be serious. "All right, well let's get started then. First off this is Lu-… I mean Leon." The king had felt Leon's glare, and quickly remembered, but continued acting as if he hadn't noticed. "He is the one who selected you two for this mission."
"Sir, I kind of have been keeping them in the dark…"
The king turned and looked at Leon. "Figures. You hardly talk to anyone. Well, you will be the Witherian spearhead of tactical forces. Your missions will be strange sometimes, and simple in others, but listen when I tell you, they are all serious, and dangerous."
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The king was finished after explaining his plan in great detail, and he sat back, relaxing in his chair. "There will be things that may need to be changed latter on, but that's our basic plan."
"Changed? My plan is near flawless, whatever are you talking about? When have I ever steered us wrong?" The king was slightly offended, but saw a good opportunity to joke around with Leon some more before he left.
"Anyways, we will head out at night. Today you should spend getting equipment, and resting. Oh, and before I forget…" Leon placed two crystal shards in front of his guests. "These may prove useful too. The armory is on the other side of the hall. Meet at the ridge outside at dusk. You are free to use anything that you find in the castle, including the rooms that have been provided for you. They are to your immediate left when you leave this room. There is one for each of you."
The hallway was a rocky grey in color. Across from the war room was the armory. Down the hall to the left was the barracks and quest quarters where rooms for the squad where prepared. Blood red Witherian banners decorated the walls along the hall. Every few feet was a pair of sword, or some armor, or other war trinkets from the past.
The armory was organized chaos. Shelves lined the walls, and stood right in front of the door. The large wall of shelves where only a foot from the door, and snaked around the room to the back walls. Everything was surprisingly organized. In one section were the swords, followed by maces, then axes. The next section consisted of bow, crossbows, throwing starts and daggers, and throwing axes. The last section was armor, organized by where it was placed on the body. It started with helmets, and went to breastplates, then arms, followed up with leg pieces. Shields where the last section, all of different shaped and sizes. The room was half armory, half museum; containing weapons from all over the Witherian lands from every tribe, from every decade.
The guest rooms where smaller. They had a bed in the far left corner, and a desk on the far right. It had paper, and quills ready for use. There was a chest at the foot of the bed for any of the guest's items. A larger mirror stood on the same wall as the door, covering the other half of the wall. Beside the bed was a Witherian banner.
The castle grounds where open and green. The castle section was in the rear end, flanked and surrounded by a forest. The castle has some flowers in the front, and one fountain on the right side of the road. On the right, a small garden stretches out to the forest. Behind the garden is a field that hides behind the castle. Dummies are set up all over the training field at random intervals. On the left side of the castle's road are wild flowers, trailing all the way to the ridge. The ridge overlooks most of Wither, with Arleon visible on the other side of the plains. It is said that a small pond also exists a short walk in the forest. At night wild pokemon come out to the training field and the ridge to play.
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The Arleon castle sits outside of the large city of Grenold. The main street of Grenold continues through the castle grounds. The path is flanked by wild flowers, then large shrubs. The path leads to flowing steps, and majestic fountains. From there the path splits left and right, both leading to the castle. At the top of the second set of stairs the small lake turns into a large final fountain, and the path meets. Up some last few stairs, the castle sits, dwarfing everything around it in a marble white.
Grenold is an old town, dating back the creation of the Arleon Empire. The large town has been multiply destroyed by fires, and rebuilt only stronger and more high tech (for their time). The road that comes from the castle goes strait though the town, and then starts to wind through the alleys. A church sits opposite of the castle in the southern tip of the town. North of the church, is the market square with all sorts of shops line the circle around the statue of Arleon's first king. To the south west of the church is a small well, the cities first well. It sits feet from the edge of town, and is now thought to grant wishes.
