Messengers rush on and out of the palace bearing troubling news. The latest being ones giving an account of the multitudes of enemy hordes just miles away with every dreaded kind of villain in their ranks.
"No one can number them." One messenger reports to Prince Theo.
The armies of Pearl City are yet to arrive and the terrifying news of the approaching hordes have driven King Edric crazy. He is out in the chaotic city streets ramaging for any able bodied man who has not joined the ranks readying to defend their kingdom regardless of the impossible odds.
"If you run never return to this city, I will personally banish all cowards that desert in this hour of need!" He yells to scores of agitated women whisking their children band a few belongings towards the gates.
"The elves have ab
