Having reached the gates of Lion's Arch, the duchess and her attaché were finally granted entry into the city. They were escorted to the palace by the Lionguard; it was "a humid evening, despite the coastal breeze." Even at that hour, King Jadon was engaged in council with his advisors as charr forces amassed on the eastern Krytan border. Duchess Adelaide presented the king with the diplomatic parcel as he made introductions. When King Jadon addressed the emissary from the White Mantle, the duchess noticed three imposing figures garbed in golden robes and armor, with multiple sets of dark ethereal wings emerging from their backs. They hovered quietly, flanking the "stout but stern man in unusually vibrant attire" in a corner of the inner chamber.