Oh? Well I was kinda under the assumption that once the group as a whole was passed the watchtower, the mission/arc/chapter(?) would be completed and the party would go their separate ways for the time being or even indefinitely as the case would likely be. But the important thing would be that Athel would be free to go on to the next stage sooner rather than later. Lately, I've been thinking that it would have been best if the current stage be completed and your workload lightened as soon as possible, know what I mean?

On the other hand, now that I'm looking back, if I had Varen volunteer to stay behind and get his butt murdered, there's a chance you'd have everyone try and save him anyway. Xp Okay, so maybe this kind of thing should have been discussed OOC beforehand...

Anyway, I guess I'm up for whatever you want to do at this point. I am willing to try and control a character or two to take some pressure off, but the choice is yours ultimately. I'll accept your decision either way. Would it help if I said "no pressure"? XD