The following must happen before the entire entourage is gone ...
"Yes, Master Yama," says Coanoch loudly enough for the Lord to hear but bowing. "I shall not bother the local lord with reports of an entire town massacred, a roving band of ogres, bandits, gnolls, and reports of a powerful wizard ruling humanoids with a magical thumb.
"I gladly face this loss of this one life I have, if it means the lord takes action now to save others."