"You are agents of Ellic and his allies. You were sent to take the outpost from the rebels."
Yes. A task we undertook at the request of your Wood Duke. We were instructed to send off a smoke signal to call reinforcements from the Wood Duke once the fort was taken. I assume that was supposed to be you. Do you know what happened when we set off the smoke signal? No troops came. But the Wugs did, backed by the forces of Scalehome. Greenfellow's weathersingers brought down pouring rain, bog imps worked their foul magic to mire the land, a great swamp wyrm was unleashed on the outpost, and an mass of Wugs assaulted the fort.
But no reinforcements as promised by the Wood Duke. The signal instead summoned the enemy to our door. So what happened?
All the evidence that lies before us tells me that you are either negligent in your duties, or your Commander instructed you not to act because your realm has aligned itself with Scalehome, and by alliance the Wugs. Your actions here, or rather your inactions, continue to bolster that evidence. Are you enspelled by fey hiding amongst your advisors? (Saladien, little help?) Were you ordered to do nothing? Tell me truthfully where your allegiance lies, and I will tell you whether or not I will let you arrest these men.