The army of monsters (rather uncharacteristically) were marching in organized squadrons. There were about forty goblins in each squad, and the five total squads were each headed by an orc. Any farmers who were unfortunate enough to see this panicked and ran inside to hide. Monsters were unintelligent. They were beasts that lacked any sort of organization. Still though, they'd always been physically stronger than the vast majority of humans, and to see them suddenly pull themselves together like this... it was truly frightening.<br/><br/>For some reason though, the monsters completely ignored any stray farmers they saw, choosing instead to continue their march straight toward Colen. At a certain point, the five squadrons split apart and went in separate directions. Tracking their movements, it was clear each was going to take on a specific part of the great human capitol.<br/><br/>No one can be sure when exactly the chaos started, but it could be guessed. The most likely option is when a woman carrying a basket of fruit caught sight of one of the squadrons marching up the road and panicked. She dropped her basket, fruit spilling everywhere, and ran screaming. Obviously, this got others worked up as well, and somehow, within minutes, the vast majority of Colen was drawn up in a panic even before the monsters had entered the city.<br/><br/>There were people calling for the guards, but no one was answering at the watch tower. Ironically, this would be the King's fault, since he sent Prince Alexander to fetch the guards. The prince and remaining guards had come back to the castle to see it up in flames. They'd been occupied for a while with attempting to put out these fires, and had left the watch tower unattended. So the royal guard were painfully unaware that the city was under attack. With no soldiers to fight the monsters, innocent blood had already been spilled. The Capitol was in the most dire state it had ever seen.