I'd give a months income for a veteran adventurer right now. So far all the existing ones seem to be ignoring my efforts to command, bribe or threaten them. There's been some mention of books of banishing and scrolls and portal stones, but I want details! Have they been tried, or can they just not get them, or are the adventurers blissfully unaware of the impending apocolypse or what?
On another note, if we do lose, I hope there's some opportunity for characters to go down fighting. Askarn certainly isn't leaving Beluaterra.