[quote=@Eschatologist]
OH SHIT SON A NEW IC POST

Also, before I get to posting, the knights ARE leaving the city shortly, correct?[/quote]

Yup.

[quote=@Eschatologist]
EDIT: "The city might very well come under siege soon: in fact, he was counting on it"

Do not want. Not one bit.
[/quote]

Well, he doesn't know about the PCs. He's expecting to be attacked by Oromis himself, once he's finished trouncing the Prophet. In any case, if you guys get bogged down in a siege of the city, things will go south quickly regardless.