With the borders pressing in on the western front Zach Nato looked out the window of his estate to the city that once was Julia. The city had become fortified with the garrison standing tall as it had cleared out the refugees only to be ironically sent in the direction of the enemy. However, with the refugees now flooding the Vigentino army and had bogged them down from apparent reports from the west. On the eastern front, things were about to heat up like a volcanic Cadian King. The evacuation began for the women and children to head east towards Melgaria to avoid the savagery of the Vigentino Horde.

His son, Zach Nato the second also was among those fleeing the city for he should not have to see the brutality of war at home. Perhaps he'd make it to Melgaria but fate would serve the boy as long as it was in the Nato's favor. Returning to his throne room (which was relatively empty now) Nato reflected on what's led up to this, Etelo the agitator, poor government and choices, not de-escalating. It didn't really matter now, the walls from the west were closing in and alot of people could die.

Work was still left to be done, Nato got up and began to speak to the minister that still were around or alive. Maybe Foreign Minister makes it to the Helrox Empire alive, it will take a while but he may come back with success. Smoke billows in the west, the pillaging had begun on the western Julians, no one ever would of expected the Vigentians to attack from the west but now things had to be corrected. Quickly before the country fell to a religious fanatic who could possibly destabilize all of the region. 

(+1 all orders)