"We'll see. Shall we go?"

"Sure."

The Keres lifts off into the air and leads the way to the vampire castle.

Glint flies along, bringing Hisame with her.

"Do you want to establish a perimeter first, kitten?"

"Absolutely."

Hisame whips black flame around the edges of the island, quite swiftly due to its rather small size.

And the castle folds in upon itself, like the walls are made of putty instead of stone. Then it begins to glow and melt.

A very small handful escape this; some seem to have been merely near an exit - one jumps off a balcony - and one is in a monstrous form.

There's also gargoyles rising, their skin like stone.

Lances of energy spear out to stab the runners, and the gargoyles find themselves unaccountably much, much heavier than they were a few seconds ago.

A few gargoyles fall and shatter. The remaining two falter.

This court does not seem particularly able to offer any actual resistance.

A few things explode as the fort melts.

Very satisfying.

Hisame's laughing.

"None of them even reached my wall!" she says. "Marvelous."

"So much for the vampires."

"Hopefully the rest will be easy for Glint's friends to pick off."

"No more magic castle to hide in, at least."

"It'll help. Vampires aren't good at organizing usually, so. Thanks - that was impressive."

"You are welcome."

"We shouldn't get arrogant against Alduin, but we've got a better than good chance, I think."

"That is fortunate for your world, then."

"Yeah. Figuring out what to do if he wasn't beatable would be - hard. Might have to unmoor the entire Shivering Isles and drag them elsewhere."

"And then of course he might have followed."

"Yeah! Quite a hassle, all around, though I'd be more confident in my chances against him in my own Realm. I think the rules are different, there."

"Makes sense, for a place run by one of you."

"Yeah. Though I might hold off on opening it up for tours until I've finished actually remodeling, unless you guys wanna see the before and after."

"Just the after will suffice for me, I think."