Lord Vermiculus was shocked at the messengers words. It had been a long time since this creatures had arisen, and when they did nearly all of Tar Sequinus was destroyed. He couldn't take the risk that it was merely a joke. He gathered his advisors together to inform them his plan.

"I will go to Ashakia and attend this feast. I will take 500 Dragon Riders with me as an escort. I want all conscripts to be risen. I want all towns on our borders to be reinforced as well as better defences put in place. I want all loses from previous battles to be regained, I want every man who makes weapons in our kingdom to come forward with new weaponrary ideas to outfit our troops, same thing with the armour makers. If this is a trap, and should I fall, my eldest son will take command of our people. Now, I must depart, farewell." 

He mounted his stead and looked at his retinue, hopefully there won't be a fight against the Shadow Creatures, his nation can't afford the loses.