[center][h1][color=ff5000][b]Renar Hagen[/b][/color][/h1][/center]

Ah, yes, of course. Jests and japes. Fine. If that was how they were going to be regarding what he said, Renar wouldn't push the issue. If they didn't have a real point to rebuff him with, there was little need to continue the debate. Instead, he fell back on companionship and gossip to pass the time while he moved on to sharpening the spiked butt of his weapon. 

[color=ff5000][b]"Does anyone even know who exactly allowed the boy into the order? Because I'd like to thank them [i]profusely[/i]. Thank the goddesses that no one outside the order's caught on to the fact that we let some fool boy in with no training or feats to his name."[/b][/color] Renar continued to grumble in response to Fionn and Serenity. 

[color=ff5000][b]"Do as you want with that plan, Fionn. But I'll have no part in it."[/b][/color] He said flatly, wiping the spike down and moving on to maintaining his arming sword. [color=ff5000][b]"The boy's sheer presence in the order spits on everything I've worked to achieve. On everything any other Iron Rose has done to simply be considered for candidancy. And frankly? I hope the Flower will be his new mentor. It only means he'll get himself killed quicker. As for Sir Fleuri..."[/b][/color] Renar stared down at his sword, choosing his next words with deliberate care. 

[color=ff5000][b]"His skill backs up his absurd thinking. Had anyone less adept attempted that nonsense with mounting the griffin, we'd have had to haul back another corpse. Would that he'd just killed it outright once he'd gotten atop its back, but I suppose our [i]tourney champion[/i] desired a shiny new steed for himself."[/b][/color] Renar sighed, shaking his head as he seemed to slump somewhat. This was why he didn't like to think about the Flower of the North too much. 

[color=ff5000][b]"Enough with all that. Your thoughts on our new commander, Fionn? Considering she'd managed to slay Jeremiah with the slightest amount of aid from yourself and Gerard, I assume that she at least meets expectations?"[/b][/color] Renar's gaze flickered to Serenity for just a moment, as if testing her reaction.