Quote Originally Posted by Squire Doodad View Post
If I had to guess, either it just happened, Fenris didn't vouch for their starting spot, or Fenris intentionally put them on mediocre land to encourage them to go attack as soon as possible.
Someone probably knows the answer to this, but... do we know what the goblin starting situation actually was? Because those longswords seemed to do just fine against Azurite armor, and that valley of hobgoblins seemed to sustain itself well enough to outnumber them. On top of that, if we're following stats, goblins are comparable, and hobgoblins superior, as a base template. Goblins have been getting hammered on by humans for a while now, but that's demonstrably not a foregone conclusion, even under the conditions that created Redcloak's own resentment.

I feel as though it's entirely possible that the reason Thor doesn't protest the idea is because he just wasn't paying attention to it either way, and is assuming Fenris did what Fenris always does, just because it's what he always does. And, as a result, is taking Durkon's word for it, blaming himself primarily because he feels he should've paid it more mind while he had the chance.

And, in turn, it sounds kind of like Durkon is assuming Dwarven life is better, just because he likes it best. Just like how Redcloak assumes goblin life is awful, because it was to him.

Things get complicated when everyone's not quite right.