Evander looked at the ship approaching excitedly. He looked around him and became annoyed seeing all the signs carried by the people. He isn't surprised that the king turned this into a publicity stunt seeing how people felt about the royal family when they thought the crown prince had betrayed Traetis.
They were barriers on each side with excited people on one side and press on the other. There was a red carpet that led to the place the ship was going to lend to the ship they arrived in.
A big majority of those signs had Atlas' name on them. After the video of Damian's body being taken over was leaked he posted on his platforms that Atlas is the only reason he is back and that he's the only one who believed in him.
People were already worshipping Atlas after they saw his reaction to the eight hours of torture but now they know that just after that ordeal he saved Damian and refused to leave without him.