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Attracting wayward glances, Locke's arrival was showered with attention compared to anyone else's. His golden clothes weren't that of a noble; they were more eccentric than that. Frankly, Locke didn't care about so many eyes on him. Not currently, anyways. He was much more interested in whatever caused that blinding light. If it was a magical being, he could attempt to contract them. The fairy king was more whimsical than possessive. Interesting things easily satiated his patron's demands. If it was some meaningless treasure, it would at least be worth some gold. A lesser mint, but one that most of the lower nations accepted. Unless he was stabbed, the trip would be a waste of time at worst. He was in the area already, of course.

Though he was on a timer. The entire place was a powder keg waiting to blow up. Considering how there was organized military on one side, morally questionable mercenaries on another, and a roving pack of thieves and pillagers (also known as adventurers), one could easily make the assumption that shit was going to go down once everyone began to delve in. If whatever the comet brought a treasure, there would be a mess over its ownership. The only saving grace was that the treasure (whatever it could have been) wasn't actually found yet. 

He was pretty much always ready to dive into a dungeon. The water fairy he controlled could create potable water (though he still boiled it), he carried enough dried food for two weeks and could forage, and he had most of the supplies any adventurer would need for an expedition. His cursory inspection of the other adventurers was as expected. Some adventurers tried to get through holes in the wall, their large bodies making it difficult. Others tried to scale it for an advantage, not realizing that they would have to climb back down. A single one leapt the wall in a single bound, which was actually pretty impressive. The majority went through the gates, however.

Unlike the weirdos who decided to enter via hole or pole, Locke entered through the main gate like most. It was better to save his energy and time instead of doing something dumb. If shit did kick off, he'd rather be fully ready to escape rather than burnt out fighting a wall. Sure, the entrance and most paths had been visually picked clean with ocular patdowns, but people tended to scatter. So long as he moved ahead, he'd naturally reach untraveled paths.

He ignored most of the people already inside. Traveling in a group was safer for certain, but that also meant you had to share any rewards. Plus, if you didn't scatter, you were essentially covering the same ground. Why not just go alone if you were going to scatter anyways? No real point. Though technically, he wasn't alone either. With a wave of his finger and flick of his wrist, [url=https://i.imgur.com/CDCJ8Ed.jpg][color=fff4bd]a blue-haired fairy with a dress coloured like the sky[/color][/url] quickly appeared as it flipped out of thin air.

[color=EB9B40]"Search for it,"[/color] he commanded the fairy with a whisper. With a nod, the fairy dove into the sky for an aerial view, circling around like some sort of bird. Would she find it? Maybe. Sometimes fairies were assholes and mucked about instead of doing their jobs. Despite this unreliability, having a bonus bird's-eye view that didn't need to be paid was powerful.

He passed a woman who brought in a horse, some foreigner and a large rat as he delved deeper, ignoring the them all as they weren't really important to his goal. No real point in making friends with someone you'd never see again.