I'd swear you my sword, but I don't actually own a sword
Monsters are dangerous and just now Kings are dying like flies
The darkness is coming for us all. We'll face it together. And when the Great War is over, perhaps you'll remember I chose to help with no promises or assurances from any of you. I expect not
My armies will not stand down. I will not pull them back to the capital. I will march them north to fight alongside you in the Great War