Seeing Sabine taking the lead at the door, Kaleeth saw the opportunity to help. She ran up directly behind her to stay behind the ward, but reached her shield arm around to place it in front of Sabine. "Okay, I'm here with you. My shield is better against arrows, so stay behind it if they aim at us. Now, we have to start moving forward. I'm going to move in front of you, and you can put the ward in front of me."

Ahnasha moved up to get into position behind Kaleeth and Sabine. She and Fendros had already been firing into the room, and at this range, they could be particularly deadly. Fendros had outright killed one of their mages, and Ahnasha had wounded an archer, at at least terribly frightened another. The mages and archers in the room had already began to seek cover behind their allies, and objects in the room. 

The room itself appeared to be a laboratory, or something similar. There were many tables, with notes, maps, and other documents scattered around, along with alchemical ingredients, soul gems, and other magical items. There also appeared to be cages on the far left side of the room, though it was difficult to get a good look at the moment. 

Peiter followed Gallus' instruction with haste. Lorag was at the bottom of the staircase, alongside another of the soldiers, but with his halberd, he could get in range simply standing behind the pair. On such a tight staircase, none of the enemy actually had polearms with them, since they would restrict their mobility. Hovever, Lorag was no longer intending to advance, and in their current position, Peiter had no problem moving around with it. As such, it gave him a distinct advantage. Immediately, he started to put pressure on Lorag's opponent, which would hopefully allow him to find an opening. 

Meanwhile, Lorag did not take his eyes off of his opponent, but he did shout back to Janius. "Too much trouble, just get back there and help them."