Umbara shrugged and followed them. "We are secretive for we don't like being in the spotlight. The less people know about us the better, we don't want all the glory and attention that the guild wants. We just want to sit in the background and be left alone to let the world spin on. Why do we use magic? It is useful. It can be used to help and that is what we do." He took a seat at the furthest edge of the table. He had seen enchanted buildings but never one so large and elegant. He had thought about having the manor done up in order to allow them to grow in numbers without having to expand but it proved useless when their order only had a couple of dozen and had a very low growth, few people sought them out especially with the current thoughts on magic. Some who came with little magic were turned away as it would corrupt them too easily. All in all there wasn't really need for them to grow as a group. 

"To be honest, I am surprised you let me in as quickly as you did. This threat obviously has you all on edge. I suppose it did happen [i]just[/i] outside your gates. That is a bit embarrassing.":The shadows around his feet began to twirl as he began testing the waters again, so to speak, allowing the power to flow through him again as his strength finished returning. "So, what plan do the great Guild mages have this time? I presume it will be some form of quest, everybody loves a good quest now and then. I went on a quest just the other day and came back with some eggs and milk. A bit disappointing really considering that I went to find dragon eggs however-" He shrugged. "-You work with what you've got. It helped to make my breakfast so that was something." He had to admit, he felt a lot better now that he had regained himself a lot better.