Political event
The first signs of trouble in the Inkwater Marsh arrived in the form of a lone lizardfolk, heavily wounded, and begging for an audience with the archdruid. After this, the druids quickly gathered to discuss the appropriate measures and how to deal with the situation. Eventually, it was decided that a military unit would be sent down to address the situation.
As it was an issue that the order had already discussed at length, it only took a couple of decades to send a task force. When news later arrived that the task force had been killed without being able to contact the lizardfolk many argued that the order should not involve itself anymore in the matter.