The end is Nigh

Hecatombian, a half orc Priest of Orcus, in the year 200, prophesized that "In 1000 years one shall come to lead the Helspawn Empire.

. He shall be white of skin, fair haired, and No taller than me"  

In the year 1200 Élan fulfilled the prophecy, and became the leader of the Helspawn

Hecatombian was known to write other works but they had all been lost to the ravages of time. He left a legacy of a tribe of half orcs known as the Heacatombians.

They are known for palm reading, thievery, and telling fortunes. In the last 2 months the Hecatombian's have been occupying the streets wearing sandwich boards, announcing that

 

The end is Nigh

The Merlin has asked for more troops. With the internal struggle between the kingmakers, the city guard regretfully declined the Merlin's request. The Merlin has released information to the "Londres Times";

"Dragon attacks have risen 150% in the last four months, The city guard has lost over 100 men to dragons, and now all the families vying for Kingship have called in their banners. Their private armies are guarding personal

property and cannot be loaned out to the city as they are in times of war or need. With all the chaos and lack of guards, attacks on wizards is up 75%.  The leader of the largest ninja clan, Hatsumi, has been warring with the wizard's

guild for years. They have a standing bounty out of 10,000 G.P. per level of any wizard killed while assisting on a battlefield. One month ago, Hatsumi had doubled the bounty and told the Wizard's guild that he wants them to

stay out of The assassination, spying, and robbery businesses as well. The guild politely declined, and the Merlin said that he would do his best to end those enterprises.

 

The woods are not safe, farmers have been moving into the city in record number and telling stories of giant monsters fighting to the death in the woods, killing humans by accident as they rolled around in death grips.

Trolls killing giants, dire wolves killing lions, Dragons killing trolls, etc...