War had finally begun in earnest as Alpheo led the Yarzat army to the frontier, crossing the border that separated the two princedoms, moving towards the city of the turn-cloak lord , Arduronaven.
Serving as the gates to the capital , Arduronaven was the fortified stronghold that blocked Yarzat's path to the Herculian capital. While his change of sides was an insult and a blow to the princedom of Yarzat, for the Herculians, it was instead a genius move, as they effectively had a barrier that Yarzat would have to take if they wanted to take the city.
The journey from Bracum to Arduronaven covered just forty-eight kilometers, the land was basically all flat which meant that Alpheo could have no worries about walking into any ambushes, not that he had any prior to this, as there was no way that the prince of Herculia could coordinate a border ambush so soon from the start of the war, as the prince at this point should be waiting for his army to assemble.
