Well you kill everyone in that gobling scouting party, no? Hence why Minthara has not heard back from them.
Now, one issue i have is that if you go into some building in the grove, the one located near the tadpole dying man encounter, you'll see some goblins and a poisoned druid(i think he's a druid). You can kill them, but if you don't, what happens to them? Do they find the grove and report back? Or does the wolf statue kill them? Idk.
I mean before I got there, the goblin find the Grove and they don't sent anyone back to report, right away, before they attack the gate? Seems chaotic stupid to me.
Yeah but, goblins generally speaking, aren't known for their tactical, strategic thinking.. or at least no goblin i've met displayed those qualities..
And chaotic stupid seems to fit them?
Idk, i find it quite believable that they'd just decide to attack, thinking they could easily win.
As for the trapped women, i'm mostly saying that since there is no way to save her, more than that, no option to TRY to save her when inspecting the pod (as opposed to Shadowheart, where you end up with 2 diff convos depending on whether you tried to help or not) - i wouldn't consider this an evil choice, since it's not exactly much of a choice?