After a couple months, he stopped pushing so hard for readiness, and simply kept the garrisons and castles in each major town well stocked and supplied. It was clear that whatever was coming was biding its time, so he would simply keep building in anticipation of surviving. After all, if he did survive, it meant his plans would be ahead. If he didn't, well, that wasn't his problem was it?<br/><br/>Still, his advisors were well trained, or at least the combat ones were, the new replacement treasurer was not a warrior but was good at managing and tracking the treasury, though they knew that Devaguea was in charge, and if they started protesting his policies too much, they would follow the one before them. Another treasurer had been brought on after Gegul, but they had been more money pinching and grinding taxes than Devaguea wanted, so after a month they were let go. And then immediately brought right back in chains when their replacement found funds missing.<br/><br/>Still, they only added two new towns, both fortress towns, one blocking off the Numeria path in across the northern Glenbone Highlands, and the other right above and around Armag's tomb, which had a cathedral to Gorum built directly over the entrance. The city above Armag's tomb was named Warswron, and dedicated to the art and science of war, it was planned to have a military academy to supplement the troops that would be trained there, before being dispatched to their first stations elsewhere in the Kingdom. The other location was a smaller town, meant to supplement the fortress there that would deter barbarian raiders and hopefully guard a new trade route that went directly into Numeria.<br/><br/>But once Spring broke, he could FEEL the air taking a charge to it, and both of his dragons could feel it too. Something was preparing to move, though only the mages seemed to feel it as well, though not as strongly. That suggested to him it was magical, which would make sense since the fey rarely fought directly, but he could not shake the hunch that he was missing something. Something massive, right in front of him, that was blindingly obvious, but he couldn't make the connection.