[url=http://orokos.com/roll/292199]Second history check is much better.[/url]

"Then if there is to be any hope of our leaving this island by some means other than swimming, it lies beyond yonder door," the black-armoured paladin stated, looking round the minotaur's arm at the map. Indeed, if the distances themselves were accurate, swimming would be a truly herculean task--hoping to leave would mean having to abandon any of your other equipment. There was also the possibility of sitting and waiting for someone from the nearby battles to sail this way, but Allegra was far from content to simply sit around and hope for the best.

Even though the island was apparently abandoned, she kept one hand on the hilt of her sword; the strangers were far from inherently trustworthy and an apparently floating building was a poor omen.