Penelope turned her head as Naida came bouncing over to them. She smiled at her friend's enthusiasm and nodded her head as Crow began to point out they were still waiting on two more knights. However, her attention was drawn away as a new voice caught her attention. Her gaze flickered over to rest on the baron and his son. The knight was mildly surprised that the king had opted to send one of his own council members for the journey to Younis but supposed it made sense considering the baron's rather impressive history.

The knight stood back as the baron addressed the group before eventually his gaze fell upon her. Though Theroulde had a fairly good reputation, he wasn't someone that the knight had been around very much so it was difficult for her to read the baron's expression as he met her gaze. She was fairly certain he had been one of many nobles at the party she had thrown, likely invited by Naida who was clearly fond of him. Whether he was one who supported the peaceful end to the war or not was a different story though since she hadn't read through every name that had been on that list. Regardless, she returned his polite smile.

"I'll only be joining for a short time. Now that I've finished up my work at the castle, it's time for me to head back to the warfront." she explained, dipping her head respectfully to the baron. Her green eyes flickered briefly over to Crow and small smile graced her lips. "The timing just happened to work out with other things as well."

"I see." the baron mused. His gaze shifted away from her to look around at the group. "Well since we're all here now, we better get going." 

As words of agreement sounded from most of the group, Penelope nodded her head as well before turning to step over to her own horse. She was borrowing him from her father, well really it was her brother's older horse who he had left behind with John after getting a younger, stronger young stallion after his promotion to lieutenant. The plan was to ride him out to the warfront and then hand him off to a friend of John's, who would then return to back to the castle with him. She mounted the stallion and settled into her saddle as she waited for the others to prepare for their leave.