[h2][color=steelblue]Rathello[/color][/h2] 
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[color=steelblue]"Do as you please then,"[/color] Rathello said with a shrug. He didn't necessarily had a need to keep the party small, but larger parties inevitably became harder to manage. But to be fair, the buffs wouldn't have been unwelcome, especially in a place as inhospitable as the ice castle. Rathello restocked his potions and met up with the rest of the party at the front of the gate. Escort missions were never much his speed, but they seemed to be inevitable in any game that he played- a part of life, one might say. He raised an eyebrow as Claudia claimed to like them.

[color=steelblue]"Really? Color me surprised. At least the escorts in ToE match our travel pace. I can't count how many games have them moving too fast to walk, but too slow to run."[/color] Glancing down at the party chat, Rathello shrugged before answering. [color=steelblue]"I can throw things if we need to keep a distance."[/color]

As the group began their trek towards the ice castle, Rathello paid little attention to the wizard NPC they were escorting, only tuning his ears into the conversation when the wizard spoke of any possible enemies or threats- the NPCs tended to drop hints at what they might have to face further on, but other than that Rath paid little attention, more content to glance at the scenery around them. He tallied up the party on his hands. Himself, Claudia, Elian, Goibnu, Uriel, Josuke and Murphwintos. As Goibnu had pointed out, they were pretty heavily skewed in the melee department, but nothing unworkable. Three backliners in Josuke, Elian and Goibnu, and three frontliners in Uriel, Claudia and himself. Murphwintos could probably switch between the two- he seemed relatively low level so it probably wouldn't do well for him to be tanking too much damage.

[color=steelblue]"Would probably do well to have at least one person on the wizard's ass at all times, make sure we can pull him out of trouble if it comes."[/color] Rathello mused aloud to the group as they moved. [color=steelblue]"[i]Maybe[/i] someone to pull up the rear as well. But there's enough of us that this should go relatively well. I forget- does the wizard NPC take part in fights too?"[/color]