A death wish, that was what it felt like, wanting to protect his kingdom. The Blue Rose has been at war for a long, long time now against the Caelurea Kingdom. And while they had been making great progress, while trying to lose the least of their numbers. It has been getting a lot harder now with the Withered rebelling.
The Withered covered the Blue Rose; to go to another kingdom, you have to go through it. Many who have chosen to go to war against the Caelurea Kingdom have died inside the Withered... before they could even reach the border. There are those who survive, but they were greatly weakened.
That was why joining the war and protecting their kingdom was a death wish, because to get there, you have to get through the Graveyard of the Serathia Kingdom, more commonly known as the Withered.
