This young pope of the Thousand River Valley is not one to sit idly by.
On May 20th, he arrived at Ladan Castle, just beginning to construct fortifications.
On May 21st, news came of André using mountain paths and broken bridges to cause hundreds to fall to their deaths and slaughter over a thousand.
On May 22nd, Bether, who had just donned the robe of a Staff Monk, was called early in the morning to ride a mount and follow His Holiness the Pope northward from Ladan Castle.
Accompanying them were the Vanguard Corps, the Holy Armor Forbidden Army, and five or six other corps, along with four six-pound cannons.
Counting the over a thousand Defensive Army members and Rangers accompanying them, the total number was estimated to be over four thousand.
On this outing, the two Secretaries in charge of these Secret Monks, Petier and Bernardo, did not come.
