Looking resplendent in his dress armor, the sergeant marched to the podium. Sounding serious and formal the addressed the assembly, "Thank you for your kind words sir. Recently I’ve led a number of forays out near the old city wall, up near the bend in the river where the graveyard is. Twice I’ve run into trouble with kobolds, goblins, and orcs. That’s nothing unusual, except that these critters were working together. That’s unusual. Kobolds and goblins, they don’t typically get along too well. So I figure there must be some sort of organization behind it. Tribal renegades, maybe, who’ve banded together for mutual protection. I’ve only seen or heard of them up by old Kuto’s Well, so I guess that’s as good a place as any to start looking. This could be important, and Bishop Bracco's auguries suggest it is. The enemy are largely demoralized and disorganized, we must eliminate this resistance before it had a chance to take root and spread."
Nodding to the Councillors he explains, "The council have authorized the guard to employ a mercenary company of good repute to investigate. We will be offering a reward of four thousand gold for the elimination of his threat."
At once there are gasps and shouting, and representatives of half a dozen mercenary companies jump up with exicitment!