"I am sorry, Alecto." 

Whisper to Allegra - "This could escalate very quickly, stay behind me."

Allegra will swiftly comply, although her demeanour is 'taking up the rear lookout position' rather than 'hiding behind someone'; she is no longer pretending her staff is a walking stick, it is clearly held as a weapon.

"That doesn't matter. I have done what you asked, and in the end, my daughter is dead, her body in the hands of the Golden Tyrants."

"It is all your fault!" And Alecto rushes at Ranni, while other Black Knives that came with her form a circle, but don't engage.

Ranni makes a motion utilizing her four hands, and blast of snow and magical cold knocks Alecto away.

The six other assasins join the fight, though not all of them can fight in limited space at the same time.

Circe and Rhea start fighting them, distracting two of them, so does the assasin who was originally present at the tower.

Allegra will stay cautiously out of knifing range, but remain alert; if it looks like Ranni, Circe and Rhea might be in any serious trouble, she'll consider intervening, but mostly she is looking out for any further ambushes and generally attempting to look like if anyone comes at her, they will regret it. If anyone does come at her, she'll start fighting.

Most of them are trying to get through to Ranni, but one will try attacking Allegra. 

Crice and Rhea are holding their ground.

Alecto will, without standing up, swing her knife, and send a wave of black-red flame at Ranni.

Ranni makes a gesture, blue half-sphere will appear, that consumes the flame and transforms into three floating blades, which lunge at the attackers.

On being the target of an attack, Allegra lashes out swiftly with her staff; she uses it as if it is a spear, but a spear that weighs almost nothing.

It injures the target a lot more like a spear than a quarterstaff, biting with magical energy when it makes contact - not in a fashion particularly more injurious than being stabbed with a sharp thing, but more so than just being whacked with a length of wood. She uses the full length of her weapon to keep her distance, not wanting to move in range of any of the other assailants.

Circe will manage to wound one of the attackers.

The one who attacked Allegra tries to dodge out of the way, but doesn't quite make it, and pulls back when wounded.

Alecto charges at Ranni once again.

Ranni will form a small sword in her hand, and swipe it at Alecto, with incredible speed.

"We're getting out! Dione, run, others - to me!"

And she extends a hand to Circe, Rhea and Allegra, while continuing to gesture with the fourth. 

Yes, this is definitely time to swap the staff into one hand and use the other to touch the powerful magic user that's about to portal them out of here, hopefully.

Yep! Everything goes dark for a second, then she can see stars. Much more clearly than can ever be seen from the ground. It's hard to tell where up or down is. This only lasts a few seconds, though, and then they are on a cliffside, near a much smaller tower. In the distance, blue beams reach for the sky.

"We are safe here."

It's just as well she has a lot of practice at Not Panicking, because that was definitely unexpected and surprising. On the other hand - constellations! She's almost disappointed when the view fades quickly.

"So. It seems like you might want to explain the - factions? polities? - here in more detail? It appears you have a - variety of enemies, some which look a lot like your friends..."

"Yes, Alecto is very capable, but also very impulsive. We're going to need to capture her before she causes too much trouble, but we have some time before she attempts anything as drastic again."

"Let us meet with Iji, my war counselor, and Seluvis, then we can discuss the factions involved."

"Iji has been my friend for a long time, and he is loyal. Seluvis has served my family, but cares only for himself. Don't trust him too much, and don't drink anything he gives you."

Allegra nods, and follows Ranni.

"The stars that we saw on the way here," she says, as they're moving. "Are there meaningful constellations? One of the modes of my magic relies on the meaning of constellations, which might not exactly correspond to what you have here."

"Yes, there are many contellations, and while their meaning don't affect sorcery, which just uses their power, it is crucial to the Fate, and my family has studied them for a long time. I can show you the star charts later."

"Oh, good, that makes me more confident that it's going to work. I'm fairly sure runes will work either way, but I'm much more confident with constellations."

And they enter a small tower, which has a spacious room, a big table in the middle that has a map on it.

There's also a man in blue robes, very big hat, and an iron mask.

And a troll (very big, and also with the abdomen ripped out), in a ridiculous-looking helmet made of mirrors.

"Ranni! Are you well?"

"Yes, Alecto rebelled, but couldn't do much. I want you to meet Allegra, our newest ally. Allegra - this is Iji and Seluvis."

Allegra nods politely at each of them. "My presence here is somewhat accidental, but hope I can be of use," she explains briefly, without actually really explaining anything - she'll take Ranni's lead on how she should present things.

"Allegra is from beyond the fog, and will need to be aware of the powers of the world. Iji should be able to answer your questions."

"Seluvis, you are to answer her questions of sorcerous arts, and the arts of Fate, as if she was Carian daughter. She may not be adept at the sorcery we know here, but her own magic may yet give us an advantage."

"I will go see Blaidd, unless you have questions for me."

"Thank you, Ranni." She turns to address the others. "I have been given a very brief summary of the situation, but it would be good to hear it in your own words, and then perhaps we can plan some experiments to see which of my powers are usable here."