[ Dragons give him strength because he's being the bearer of bad news while also knowing that at this juncture, causing a panic is the last thing he wants to do. ]

There's somethin' in the centre of the circle. We couldn't get a good look at it, but it's also changed the wheat plants right around it, not just withered them. [ He will not exposit that those plants are now possibly undead(???) abominations. ]

Can you remember anything unusual happening right before the crops started going bad?