[Lalaith Va'lash]

I'm sorry that it made you feel that way. Whenthe trip was plannedthe one who planned it didn't know who or what the turnout would be.
But I can assure you, it was not meant to end up happening as it did. Sometimes things go smoothly, but unfortunately sometimes they don't. What you talk about working out "behind the scenes" is actually the workings IC situations of characters not wanting to travel together because of certain past situations and conflicts.
This besides for the group being failrly large was the main reason that several left the group. In fact, nobody ever left Arabel and a large part of the group is still there right now, dealing with the events of a past quest that had happened that would not allow two (or more) characters to travel with each other. (good RP by them now btw)
It was not brought to the surface likely for IC reasons.
If anything some of us would owe an ooc aology to Alantha, for offering our assistance and then decided not to come along, for whatever reasons. However, I truly respect that people acted in an IC manner, even thoughit was as you said behind the sceces. In my opnion If your characters would not travel together, then they should not.
Lalaith didn't know half the group, and she is not a very trusting person(ask anybody that knows her.) Whenshe saw those leave who gave her confidence in the groups abilities,she decided she didn't want to risk her life on this mission,by putting trust into those she had never travelled with. She has recently found some things that make her happy, and decided that she didn't want to take a chance with Xantril today.
-LV