Surrounded in all parts of his city, Cregan knew there was no way out for him and it's best if he just faces Aryan. His wife Laisa was so scared and she hang on to their daughter Elizabeth and refused to let her go. The garrison at his castle readied themselves with weapons and raised the Lawsend sigils, twenty thousand of them and they were decorated knights.
Outside of Lord Cregan's castle there were over fifty thousand soldiers all who had sworn loyalty to him. Most of these men were sell swords from Penrith, Arkala and Whitebridge. Cregan bought them a fortnight ago when he learned Aryan went missing, hence even though Aryan may have thought this was an ambush ─ technically it wasn't since Cregan had prepared himself for it.
