Halek had been observing the others discuss their plan of action with a bit of interest.  While some of them believed in taking fast action, the commander gave the order to wait, so wait he will.  Halek stared out towards the destroyed city with curiosity.  The gate was blown outwards so the enemy had either began its rampage inside the city, or had help.  For so many bodies to be impaled like that a large force must have done this, because a small force would take forever to do all this work.  Some magic must have been used to trap the city and its inhabitants inside seeing how there were no survivors.  This was an interesting puzzle.

Halek turned back towards the others and began studying them.  They were a mismatched rabble, but looked like good fighters.  The half-goliath would be a devastating force in a fight, while the plains elf would probably be a competent mage considering the races affinity for it.  The half elves were incredibly fast and fairly strong, and the tiefling appeared to be strong and menacing.  Their leader seemed calm and level headed, and Halek knew of his strong fire magic.  Halek thought this was one of the better teams he had worked with.