Aradin aside I have always found it odd that a refugee is in charge of the gate.
Indeed, the druids outsourced security to the refugees. Shows what a great manager Halsin was ...
But don't think about this too much.
Just like e.g. Star Wars the plot falls apart the closer you look at it
You're running for your life, chased by goblins intent on killing you and possibly eating you. Who among us wouldn't run to the safety of the grove, hoping to find sanctuary?
The nerve of these refugees. They're all running for their lives also, and Zevlor has the audacity to gatekeep the safety of the grove? Ordering the gates closed? If it weren't for this ridiculous order then Kanon might have lived. Instead he was forced to try to open the gate at the last minute, exposing himself to arrows in the midst of an attack.
Then Aradin gets called a blowhard for being upset. I'd be upset too.
"THERE ARE CHILDREN HERE YOU FOOL!!!"
Aradin:
"Children? And I should care because? Foulbloods ... "
And he isn't wrong. One of the filthy little things will steal from his crew.
