In his study Macaroth prepared for the upcoming collision, he had set the forges to work as much as possible and has staved off his leechings for the time being, steadily the number of his Man-at-Arms would rise to about six hundred when all his work was done. He had set his Sons to patrol the woods for spies and scouts, they flew low and steady just over the canopy trying to spot anything at all.

It did not take long for them to discover and kill six interlopers in the forest, they lifted them into the air as they found them and cut them into pieces as a visual warning to any would be onlookers to turn back while they can, still they scoured the skies tirelessly but missed two of the veteran scouts. They saw that Macaroths forces were for the most part well trained, turned from hardy mountain folk into hardy soldiers, resourceful bandits making better soldiers than they did brigands.

Macaroth could be seen periodically coming out to inspect his troops, three times he took ten of the best troops into the chapel and more flying warriors came out after several hours, after which he would not be seen for a while.