Hey [@ThatCharacter], gonna have to ask you to change some information in your post. It conflicts with some story elements earlier in the story. 

[quote=@ThatCharacter]The past few days had taken a lot out of Tobias Ilingard. His normally bright eyes were dull, having been watching over his small flock of concerned villagers who had managed to escape the hordes of insects...[/quote]
There weren't any arachnid monsters anywhere else. Elven raiders and elven raiders alone drove Viceni villagers out of their homes. Additionally, the only refugees in Udny Pass are from Muon Pond earlier in the RP. Notably, by our player characters (and a flock of NPCs).

When the country was collapsing, no one knew what was going on, let alone had any chance to escape. Imagine America collapsing and you live in Tennessee. It's not as simple as hopping over to Canada. It happened much too quickly. Only the scattered villages on the desert border had any chance, and the only one close to Udny Pass was Muon Pond.

[quote=@ThatCharacter]No one knew when the creatures would arrive...[/quote]
Just to reiterate, no one except the player characters have seen the creatures.

[quote=@ThatCharacter]He had no ill feelings to the ancient creatures.[/quote]
A minor note that elves only live to about 300-500 years or so, I think. I guess that's pretty ancient, but most of them you'll see are between like 30 and 150. 

And another reminder that it was [i]elves[/i] that raided the border villages, including Muon Pond (where I assume Tobias is from).


It's tough to get your bearings when joining an RP in progress, but you'll find your stride. Shouldn't be too hard to make these changes while keeping to the original spirit of your post.

Thanks!