[@ClocktowerEchos] Good question, isn't it? ;) Let us say this: according to the funky ballad, "He led them west 'cross our ancient lands". So I would say he just led them away from the threat, but to lands with which they were already familiar. Deeper into the forest?? They could hide from the immediate threat there...but I'm not the one to say whether that threat left and they returned to their original location, or whether they took up a new location. I'll leave that open to interpretation!