The Ylfaen empire was currently in disarray.
It did not help that those factions, who adopted a waiting game while they observed the 'secret war' between the Royal Family and the major factions in the empire, revealed what they knew of the current situation.
Soon, the supposed 'secret war' was out in the open, and the citizens were afraid.
They feared the war between the Royal Family and the major factions would soon spread and affect them.
Most small and medium factions took advantage of the citizen's unrest to recruit and offer protection in return for their fealty. Some even took the opportunity to sell their stock resources to the army after learning that most of their warehouses were sabotaged.
By then, they were convinced that one of the major factions sent the people who destroyed the army's warehouse supplies.
