No guards show up to keep them out - but once the group of them have arrived, they do seem set on keeping them in. There's no ghosting in quietly enough to keep Blanche unaware of their presence, teleporters included.

It's a bit of a delight, actually, feeling some of these particular people get lured in. One of his lost mages, for instance - and that useless skeleton. Blanche stands from his place in the back of the room, leisurely putting down the reading material he'd been entertaining himself with.

"Don't stop playing," he comments to the band, and then looks out over the room in the direction he'd sensed the new arrivals come.

"There's no use hiding yourselves," he says. "You've all gotten yourselves in far over your heads. There's no turning back, now."