Malrion looks at Zern and says " well, about the guards you see, we were expecting a church escort, quite a few Paladins and clerics, but we received word yesterday that they had been ambushed and nearly wiped out. I thought it prudent to hire a few extra guards and set out quickly then." He then turns to face Vorton to continue "Well, this keep is special because the records show that this keep was the center of the judicial system that Nagash had instituted, a supreme court if you will. This keep was the home of many of the most respected and fair judges we have records of, and also of many of Nagash's Undead advisers. As for the amount of Undead, I don't expect that we'll encounter that many. But I do realize that the church of Pelor disagreed with me, or they wouldn't have tried to send so many troops." After this he pauses for a moment, the adds " But there is no need for you to woory about powerful Undead in the ruins, though I may be a diviner by specialty, I was an adventure for almost 50 years before I became an archeologist, I can vanquish many undead if I have to."