When they entered the first wall, thousands of patrolling soldiers stepped aside and placed their fists on their chests, giving respect.
The dwarf that led them slightly nodded in response to the soldiers. They walked for minutes before reaching the second gate as it opened. They then walked much more and ascended, entering the third gate. After that, they once again ascended up, and, finally, reached the front of the main palace.
Hundreds of soldiers lined up at the side of the gate and two blocked the two doors. Different from the patrols on the outside, the soldiers here were more powerful looking. Matthias assumed that they were the Royal Guards of Garendor. Each ten person party held a banner of the Garendor Royal Family; a same red banner with a hammer in the middle but was encircled by a lion and a bear.
