Red and white ears flicked up as Loretta was alerted to sounds just beyond the border of her home. She and her bondmate were already on patrol, and the keen bitch alerted the Captain to what she suspected to be outsiders. Loretta crashed through the brush to gain purchase at Archibald's size, and the pair skillfully moved through the forest they had memorized well at an impressive gait. This was Archibald's duty, to guard this place with his entire being, and to be on the frontlines of an attack. He had aided in thwarting Confutatis at their borders when he had only just earned his title of Captain, and he would continue to do so until this was no longer his calling duty. Archibald and Loretta made no attempt to stealth their arrival, and made no attempt to guise their power and authority as they broke the treeline at the border.

Golden eyes moved from one pegasus to the other, massive head lifted high on a thick-set neck and shoulders. Archibald's muscles rippled powerfully beneath his inky fur, shedded well to remind him of the summer to come. The Captain's face was stoic, unreadable expression fading on the darker side of neutral. What did they want here? They smelled heavily of the Hidden Falls--once his own home, which he ruled over, when it was known as the Windtossed Foothills--and he decided they were the knew leading hierarchy. Archibald remembered the smaller stallion as Midas, the man who had fought beside him a few times, as well as the sire of Ktulu's daughter, Ranjiri. Archibald gave a solid nod to Midas, before turning his attention to the monochrome and crimson mare. She was unfamiliar to him entirely, and his nod seemed stiffer when given to her.

"Archibald the Dauntless, Captain of the World's Edge army. What brings you to our borders on this day?" Archibald had never been on for small talk, always ready to deal business straight out. He was no politician to hide behind the facade of lavish introductions and welcomings, but he did not drive the pair from his territory either. They seemed to harbor to illness towards his herd, but the dark knight and his bitch were still on guard. There was no harm in keeping peace by being a solid wall none could penetrate, and in the minds of his leaders that desired peace, Archibald the Dauntless and Loretta were that wall.