Much like Ragnar had predicted, within two days of the landing, Grandmaster Pierre de Valois received a courier from the Director of Industry.
In the southern regions of England, panic was already spreading among the Saxon lords as news of the Frankish invasion force reached their ears.
King Burgred of Mercia had already begun mobilizing his levies to the border, hoping to scavenge whatever remained of Northumbria after the Franks were finished.
However, he foolishly trusted the Church's promise that the Crusade would stop at the Humber River.
After receiving the courier a terrified Saxon peasant holding a white flag Pierre had gathered his Captains in the Great Hall of Scarborough Fortress.
Currently, Pierre was standing at the head of the table, surrounded by the elite knights of the Order of the White Cross and the Papal Legate, Bishop Humbert, where he was reading Ragnar's letter aloud for all to hear.
"To Grandmaster Pierre, CEO of the Order of the White Cross,
