A bit of heavy-handedness on the part of the taraakians
Well, yes, they are very heavy-handed, in fact.
The taraakians send their emissaries all around, to every Power in the IR, except for the Alliance of Dread and Melkor's Powers.
Mounted on their great, majestic birds, both male and female taraakians alight in the heart of everyone's dominions.
They dismount, and walk up to such personages as Kas, the God-Emperor, Siobhan, Kalanyr, Aurican, and the others.
They smile warmly and broadly - genuine smiles, even if their words belay that - regarding those they have come to order around.
And here is what they say:
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GET YOURSELVES AND YOUR PEOPLE INTO THE SAFETY OF THE KEVELLOND LEAGUE.
NOW!
THAT'S AN ORDER, KAS (or, insert your character's name here)
The warm smile remains on the lips of nearly all of the messengers, both male and female, sent to deliver these words, and they add:
Trust us.
You won't regret following this order.
Without further ado the messengers mount up on their great birds and depart.
The taraakians never do make any show of force - it is blatantly obvious they have no force to back up their order.
All their force is committed to stopping the sleen and the loch-nar.
Why the taraakians would issue such an order, in such a way, at such an hour, with no force to back it up, is a mystery even to the kender - and they tend to understand the most strange of logics.