1. who are you at war with? who is the invading force?

Them nobles in Jura! They attacked us with dark majiks they did! Made the blight.

2. who is the king you all serve? is there just one or there plenty of rulers?

Wots this a history class? There's one king of Irivar, King Varfrin. There's other kings, in other places. And the dragons got their own, obviously.

3. apart from uncontrollable powers, what else can he share about the blighted folk?

Uh. They don't get better, not on their own, you got to use those crystals. Sometimes they get angry, I hear animals get angry too.

4. is there anything unusual going about that they may have overheard or caught wind of?

You lot showed, why aren't you at the war?

He will also list a few different rumours, chickens going missing, guards having affairs with tailors, all the usual small town stuff.