User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-30014014-20161217054210/@comment-28358106-20161218045643

Adelaide sighs. "Oh yes, I'm afraid so, all of the above. We have stopped invasions from them, the Order, the Demon Realm, the Radical Faction, and the Sabbath, all attempts of varying degrees.  Some were large, some relatively small, but none were successful.  Etrugia and Nilhasse have tried...negotiations, but, as you say, they amounted to little more than bribes, or, failing that, threats."

She looks back out the window. "The vast majority of the refugees that have trickled in have been civilians either too weak or unneeded for their effort, and they do not allow for many to escape. But escape they do, and should they survive the deathly trek through the mountain passes, they arrive here, greeted by our gentle White Horns and Yetis.  Such is the first taste of freedom for many of them."