At least fifty turns into close to a hundred. How populous was this city and why haven't they started the evacuation earlier? The pattern repeats. They get some people out and up the path, new goblins appear so they fight them. Some try new tricks, some just count on their mount's speed and agility. As time passes the prospect of setting a camp starts to look more and more real.
Meanwhile, the people climbing up wouldn't have made themselves a better target have they lit the signaling fires. From a distance, the line the refugees form resembles a fiery snake slithering up the cliff. Perfectly visible for miles even in the setting mist and the creeping darkness. Whoever thought that giving every single person a torch was a good idea failed to take into account they're just making them less safe not more. Every single goblin in the area can now simply ignore two deadly elves down below in favor of a better target higher up.
"This is bad." Fëanor is not at his most eloquent as he says that.
He also not wrong. They need to get those people to relinquish the torches. Very often their sole protection against wild animals and source of light on a steep ascent. This is not going to be easy.
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Meanwhile, the people climbing up wouldn't have made themselves a better target have they lit the signaling fires. From a distance, the line the refugees form resembles a fiery snake slithering up the cliff. Perfectly visible for miles even in the setting mist and the creeping darkness. Whoever thought that giving every single person a torch was a good idea failed to take into account they're just making them less safe not more. Every single goblin in the area can now simply ignore two deadly elves down below in favor of a better target higher up.
"This is bad." Fëanor is not at his most eloquent as he says that.
He also not wrong. They need to get those people to relinquish the torches. Very often their sole protection against wild animals and source of light on a steep ascent. This is not going to be easy.