Yerig had subtly averted his eyes when Sabine went to dress. Of course, the kind of clothing that lycanthropes tended to wear around was not terribly covering to begin with, but the cloak helped with that. He focused when Sabine made a request of him, though there was a brief moment of confusion in his expression. "Huh? Why would I...oh, wards do work against the Thu'um, yes. It is still a kind of magic. Though I guess you'd want to see it for yourself."

Do'rhajul grabbed and raised up his shield, and after he made sure his path was clear, Yerig spoke a single word: [b]FUS![/b] A staggering wall of pure force erupted from Yerig's mouth, pushing back grass and leaves in its path. But, upon reaching Do'rhajul, the shield's ward glowed briefly with no apparent effect on Do'rhajul. 

"Spellbreaker is a wall against magic. It shall never falter." Do'rhajul explained, lowering the shield. "But if we are truly to do this, I believe you should know how that staff of yours works. I was quite insistent that Arinette explain it to me, once I knew how dangerous it could be. As you probably know, it is the Staff of Magnus, the original architect of Mundas itself. It was the only object that could contain the power of the god. Its capacity for absorbing magicka is not unlimited, but it may as well be. However, that does not mean it will be a limitless power source for you. It can only hold what has been absorbed into it. After our first fight against your pack, Arinette had to use our entire stock of soul gems to fill it with power again, as she had nearly depleted it. I am not sure how much magicka remains within it right now. Though if we are to fight a Dragon, I suppose you could absorb its shouts into the staff to help keep it charged. There is also another limitation with its use. I am not so certain on the details of this part, but I believe that Arinette and the other researchers that were working with the staff...changed it somehow to allow the wielder to draw power from it. But it is not completely stable. There is a limit to how much a mage can safely draw from the staff at once. Go beyond that, and as Arinette explained, it could have 'adverse effects on the local reality'. I am not entirely certain on her meaning, but it is what caused those strange magical wisps that appeared in our fight. She did not summon them on purpose."

Do'rhajul eyed the staff for a few moments, then looked more closely at his unconscious former allies. "Arinette was a prideful person who did not like to admit her shortcomings, but she was no master mage. Even having just obtained the staff, you show more control with it than she did. I believe the limits of what you can do with that weapon are greater than what she could do."