Hod had the privilege of seeing the battle from above, and the privilege of seeing the stalemate that was beginning to occur, along with the huge disparity in numbers. Ten thousand men, or more, was what Blackthorn held at the gate, the entire remnants of Tavar's army. As far as Hod could tell, Tavar had entirely abandoned further attacks on the walls, but for the risk that they still might happen, Hod had to keep men stationed there. Once more, it was a threat that they were made to respond to, rather than actual physical action.
The same was true of the prisoners that they held, those that Oliver Patrick had elected to keep, along with the man capable of binding them all together, in a single dangerous force. That General who had gone half-mad with his defeat, and the Prince Hendrick who still saw it as his duty not to acknowledge the fact.
