[@Shadow Dragon]

Ophion chuckled. "Oh, I'm sure its been raided before, just not successfully. As for what I hope to gain, I'd like to learn more about the truth behind Polybius and end whatever dangers may be lurking inside of the tomb. Gold and knowledge are nice, but they'll just be icing on the cake here, so to speak. If there are any necromantic items in there, you can have them for yourself. I can destroy anything you don't want to take or is too dangerous to let loose on the world. If I can destroy them, that is." 

[@bloonewb]

It was long said that three men could keep a secret if two of them were dead. Kali had heard of the meeting in the pavilion, but she didn't spy on it. She didn't need to. All it took was a quick tipoff to Aerta, who in turn sent a scrying sensor out to it. Much to her surprise, it was a meeting on the renaming and retitling of official positions, done without Rughoi's knowledge and thus, without his consent. Even more intriguing were the use of human titles. While dracons had adopted a few of them directly, such as 'count' or 'duke', some of them were clearly from the Empire of Constantsea, or at least, that was the name of the empire to the best of Aerta's recollection. From what else Kali reported, it was likely that Ardasa would be with egg soon enough, although Kali withheld information about any prophecies from the dracons. Even Aerta wasn't told.

For her part, Aerta had been lying on her bed, staring into a polished mirror which she used to scry. Or at least, it was one of many such mediums she used for that purpose. She preferred to use a bowl of water, but that would be much harder to utilize on her bed, and she didn't want to risk spilling it on the freshly-cleaned linen sheets. The information Kali had provided her didn't give her much in the way of useful or conclusive data, but it was a sign that not all was stable in Xigyll. Titles were very important in the dracon realms, and they appeared to have similar importance among the kobolds due to the consternation caused by changing them, even though the underlying substantial powers appeared to have remained unchanged. The idea was to "cement their power", possibly in opposition to the crown. While it was clear that they weren't against Rughoi himself, the kobold nobles and commanders present might not be so loyal to his heir, even with the blood of their beloved leader flowing through the veins of that new ruler. A diverse population held together by thin threads of loyalty to an individual was a recipe for civil war, especially in the absence of an outside threat. Aerta and Adykon knew that the kobold state of Xigyll might very well self-destruct without Rughoi to keep it together, and it remained to be seen whether or not the realm was viable or if it was simply the expression of a great leader's conquests. A true test of a tree's strength was when the wind blew hardest, after all. 

She didn't tell Adykon what she was about to do. Although she didn't think he'd overreact, her errand wasn't worth his time. Adykon had to deal with high-end threats and dangers on a regular basis, including reports of increased activity near the tomb of Polybius. That posed a greater danger. Aerta climbed out of bed and did her stretches, then pulled on a fresh loincloth and top. A few more stretches later and she was ready to go. With a gesture, she teleported out of the room as casually as a commoner might open a door or a window, disappearing from Adykon's farmhouse and reappearing in Kutur and Kali's hut. Kali herself was nowhere to be found. Her previous scrying had also revealed the fact that Kutur wasn't in the hut, but that he might be soon. Whichever one arrived back at the hut was fine by her. Kali could be trusted, and everything she had been told about Kutur by Kali indicated that he could be reasoned with, once he got his snout out of a book.