When Minisia's civil war reached its climax and a hundred thousand troops gathered for battle outside the capital, Treasure Island City, many players were there.
They were not merely present. They even took part in the fighting... as members of the Noble Coalition Army.
The Noble Coalition Army supporting the Second Princess was such a chaotic mix of people that slipping into its ranks was ridiculously easy for players. All they had to do was find a noble or a Sea God priest who supported the Second Princess and say they were mercenaries looking to earn a bounty.
Those people would happily take the players into their forces and bring them onto the battlefield.
The players had ways into the Kingdom Army, too. Whether they spent a little money to pose as army traders or disguised themselves as wounded soldiers to enter the medical camp, getting close to the battlefield was easy.
Both sides were already blinded by bloodlust and had no attention to spare for anything else.
But although infiltrating either army was easy, doing anything that could influence the battlefield was another matter entirely.
From the beginning of Minisia's civil war to its end, the players who infiltrated both sides failed to accomplish anything that could change the course of the fighting... which was perfectly normal. Armies had their own discipline and strict hierarchies. A random infiltrator could not simply waltz in and wreak havoc.
Still, although the players accomplished nothing significant on the battlefield, they performed their role as listening ears flawlessly.
The players did not witness Minisia's First Prince and Second Princess being killed by a Crouching Tiger Cannon during their meeting. But afterward, they saw and heard rumors spread by a certain someone... Prince Chris of the Kingdom of Bagnia had sent men to carry