As the expected guests were arriving, a few of the Valkan guards that had replaced the regular security forces at the gate looked at them with great care and caution. The difference was obvious, these Valkan Guards were far more apprehensive than the regular militia, better equipped and better trained as well. Compared to the Director's guard, they posed a stark contrast, with their unblemished white armor, yet well-trained soldiers understood eachother better than two politicians ever would, with the Valkan guards at the gates giving the director and his guards a silent nod prior to checking the datapads and motioning the party to follow them as they would lead the director and his men to the grand hall of the massive palace complex.
With Ben Craig arriving, another pair of guards walked towards the new incoming shuttle, giving a glance to their colleagues that were already leading the Director to the interior. The same set of pauses happened, with the Valkan guards checking their datapads and counting the number of arrivals and assessing the threatlevel they posed, before again the information was being sent to the commanding officer on duty, which was non other than the interim Centurion Maximus Detro. When all was said and done, Ben Craig and his men were lead towards the grand hall as well, where all of them would be meeting none other than the Viceroy's brother
Wilhuff Nargath.
"Centurion
Detro may I count on your skill to make sure there is no conflict within these halls?" Baron Nargath, younger brother to the current Marquis of the noble house was clearly not in his element, being fidgety with a silken handkerchief while beads of sweat appeared on his brow, which he quickly whiped off with the aforementioned piece of embroidered silk. The man was shorter and more stout than his older brother and clearly less adequate in all matters political. "Oh dear, I really don't know what to say to these people, why did my brother tell me to do this? I'd rather be sitting in the gardens with a good pint of ale or have some fun on Erinar...with all this studying, designing and this unhealthy obession he seems to have with this force thing, I just can't....oh...oh dear, they've arrived, oh they seem to have soldiers with them, really, I don't like this."
With hesitation and some certainty of nervosity in his voice, Wilhuff stepped forwards to greet the arriving delegates of the Directorate. However, despite his nervosity and hesitation, he managed to make a graceous bow and a most graceful greeting towards the arriving delegates. "Esteemed guests, my brother, the Marquis of the House Nargath has granted me the honor of being your guide, may I request that you take no more than two of your personal guards with you, as it would not be befitting for a guest to take with them an army to intrude upon their host's private residence. Centurion Maximus
Detro will be more than capable of keeping you safe should anything unexpected happen."
With that being said, the baron flanked by four Valkan guards motioned the Centurion Maximus and the guests to follow him into the South wing of the complex, one of the wings least traversed by both guests and even the Valkan guards. While the west wing was regarded as the home and offices of the Valkan Guard, the East wing was seen as the private living quarters of the Marquis and his family and the northern wing was mainly used for the frequent parties hosted by the House, the South wing was generally the place were one could find the expansive library and archive of the house nargath, but also where the Marquis held his political office and where there were conference rooms and even a seperate court for hearing the people's issues in regards to themselves or the government, one of the more ancient places within the palace basically.
"Here we are, please enter," The Baron gave a nod when opening the double door to a large room with a long table, plenty of comfortable chairs, a drinking cabinet, a large screen and a large library filled with holocrons containing a lot of information on political discourse and policies on eriadu. "The Marquis will arrive shortly."