Gareth headed through the bronze gates of the palace, and he nodded to the guard, stationed there by the open portal onto the grounds. The group's surroundings looked almost gray and cold as Harker pulled open the large doors of the castle and allowed the party inside. The area still seemed fairly empty and unoccupied aside from a skeleton crew keeping watch, the place equally vacant as it was when they left it the night before. "Where do we start?" he asked, question aimed at no particular person.