Because Donut's group brings pets and NPC attendants, high elves will escort them overland rather than teleporting them directly into the ballroom.
The accepted Masquerade party includes Mongo, the dinosaur dancers, two cretin mercenaries, and Samantha as attendants or extras. Their presence changes the transport rule from automatic ballroom teleportation to a caravan meeting at the invisible high-elf border.
Carl's group must leave the temporary settlement and meet the escort fifteen minutes after the briefing. Brambles will consume the town ninety minutes later, eliminating delay. Donut rehearses outside with Britney, her plus-one, while Carl inventories sponsor items.
A formal high-elf caravan prepared to escort crawlers, dinosaurs, mercenaries, and a doll head across a magical border.
The escort moves the nonstandard party roster into the castle while exposing the group to high-elf control before arrival.