It’s no surprise when a radiant white figure steps out through the doors. Wards are just one form of defense. This will be Phalen’s familiar or some other allied spirit charged with guarding Phalen’s secrets. Bandit expected this. At first, the spirit takes the form of a woman, a stunning woman in flowing robes, like from out of a fashion vid. Abruptly, though, it transforms into a creature of horror, a monstrous thing with wings and menacing claws, shrieking at him like a bird of prey.