Yes.

Marius awoke early in the morning, it was barely even the hour of the sun rising. Old habits do die hard. There was no way a noble of any kind, no matter how pious or business-orientated, would be up this early. Well, when one habit got him into trouble, he let his other habits get him out of it.

He inspected his alarm runes to see that they weren't triggered. That was good. He improved them by making an outer rune around them that would also add a paralysis effect. So that way he could trap any would be intruders if they were to trigger them. That alone took close to an hour each as he had to be real careful and specific. He didn't want it to be permanent nor did he want to stop the intruder's heart. Can't interrogate the dead...that would be an awkward beginning to a career in necromancy.

After that, he did some preventative checks on his equipment. Speaking of necromancy, it seemed that fight with the vampire did more work on his sword than he thought. He didn't really have a time window to get it fixed up back at the castle and he was doubtful any smiths around here could repair a runed black iron sword quite as nicely...not unless there was a Dwarf mastersmith somewhere around here. Can't really rely on that always being the case. He was going to have to note to ask for extra time on break to get it prepped properly.

Once inspected and then fully dressed and equipped, he put his hood up to mask most of his features and went downstairs. The place seemed pretty much empty as he simply sat at a time and ordered for breakfast. Eating cheaply and quickly, he went out to go and feed Tempest in the stables.

"Chores" out of the way, the Rune Blade figured it was time to get down to business. Enough time should have passed that the lord in question should be awake in his manor. It was time to finally introduce himself and get an eyeful of this paladin for himself.

And so, the Rune Blade went...walking to the estate of this High Lord Matthias Lorenz.