as we drew nearer then started to ride through an avenue of onlookers that was being forged by father 's guard as well as members of the guard who met them who had already been there patrolling the crowds on horseback , i saw the platform was a scaffold and behind it an elevated dais on which there were three thrones that were only mildly ornate compared to king baldur 's and if the events that were going to occur were n't going to occur i would have thought they were way cool .