Kind of reminds me of a DnD campaign prompt I read about once: A seer predicts a coming danger that has the potential to destroy their small kingdom. The king immediately takes action and seeks the greatest mercenaries that money can buy to protect his people. He provides his son, the high prince, with the full treasury, ever single gold piece, and sends him into the badlands to find their champions. The prince immediately blows the gold on hookers and drugs. Panicking and with the small chunk of change left, he hires a party of 5 inept misfits instead. You are those misfits. Good luck, champions.