His gaze goes a bit distant, but he agrees - their information looks good.

He steps aside.

Then into the castle. Now... which way to find Leia?

Down; the stairs are near the highest part of the castle, farthest from the river.

She leads Luka in that direction.

He keeps his face calm and even, following her, though he still feels worried and a bit jumpy.

They're not challenged on the way - but there's less activity in the area right around the stairs, and the stairs have a guard who asks their business.

They're here to see the prisoner. She flicks her fingers. They have permission, there is no need to report this.

That - seems a bit of a harder sell.

Still, she's able to overcome whatever mental defenses the guard has, and they're let through.

Getting out cleanly will be more difficult yet, then. She may want to skip straight to escalation at that point.

Down the stairs.

There's a corridor at the bottom - a guard station to one side, a heavy locked door to the other. There's two guards sitting at a table outside the locked door. Both rise to their feet when Elesse and Luka approach, demanding their business again.

She makes a clapping gesture, slamming their heads together with telekinetic force.

One of them staggers and falls, but the other keeps her feet and shouts, her hand going to a sigil on her waist.

Elesse slams her up against the wall, limbs pinned spreadeagle and mouth forced closed.

She tries to resist, jerking a bit - but while she's still conscious she isn't able to overcome Elesse.

She forces her into unconsciousness, then makes sure of the other guard.

They both go down.

Does one of them have a key to the door?

Nothing that's identifiable as a key, no.

She'll make her own, then.

She draws forth her lightsaber, igniting it and jabbing it snakelike into the locking mechanism in one smooth motion.

Something incredibly odd, like a shimmer of a soap bubble, flares in front of the door, before wavering and popping. Still, the door seems unlocked, now.

Must be the local flavor of magic. She opens the door, keeping her senses tuned for guards coming from behind in case it triggered an alarm.

There's definitely something stirring up above her. Quietly, though.

There's a hallway beyond, with staggered locked doors.

She searches for Leia's presence.

Third door on the right, and extremely angry.

Does her door submit to the same lockpicking technique?

Yes.

When the door gives way, she's apparently been blindfolded, gagged, and bound, even her fingers kept from moving, and chained to the wall. There's a few strange sigils painted on the walls and floor around her, and several on her bindings. A few of the sigils are exceptionally dangerous.