[quote=Guilty Spark]
How about there is an invasion and arresting you is nowhere near the priority any longer.
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I would make it a priority if there are a group of Evokers, all independent, sitting in the arena. They could be agents for the invaders, since, you know, right when the melee was about the start, the invasion launched, and no one really knows half the participants, or are from foreign lands. And who knows what powers they might wield, they may very well be out to assassinate the King.

Having an invasion is bad, but having rogue elements and rogue Evokers behind your lines without a lid on their power or their emotions [since you kinda ordered them to be arrested, and most people wouldn't like that] might not help the chaos. Just saying.