Late in the afternoon of Amnure the 13th of Nomeziooqu, a coded message was received by the Operations Centre of the Jaysh al-Sathrati in Cabbagefall. As was previously agreed, the signal was predicated upon a deliberate fiction:
1. Traitors in the Order of Kampioens have risen up against the Kaiser.
2. Order of the Sentinels compromised by infiltration by the Kampioens. Many dead. Others fighting alongside mutineers.
3. Kaiser is safe in Raynor's Keep under the protection of Crypteia and City Watch.
4. Raynor's Keep under siege. State of War in Shirekeep. Send immediate reinforcements.
- Adam
His Imperial Magnificence Aurangzeb II Steffki, Kaiser of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Wielder of the Sword of Vengeance, Grand Master of the Orders of the Dragon, Griffin, Phoenix, and Chimera, Sovereign of the Golden Mango Throne.
Dr Tokaray al-Osman KBH, Commissioner of the Chamber of the Crypteia, Emir of Jadid Khaz Modan, Annexer of Yardistan