Flight

"We will fight anyone, anything for the Sovnar!" said Thokk with unbridled enthusiasm. He was almost giddy to try and see what flying in the air was like.

"Sovnar, unlike yourself, we cannot fly," said Goromir. "It will be difficult to aid you in the air. Nor even realistically to defend ourselves if flying monsters beset us with attacks."

"That is understandable and accounted for," said the Collector. "The platform of ice utilized to transport you will be shielded by my Sapian magic in the case that extreme difficulties arise. None of you will fight unless my attention is completely taken by unforeseen circumstance.

This is not an under evaluation of your combative capabilities. Rather, as the one known as Goromir states, it is due to the fact that there you are currently unsuited to aerial combat and due to the fact that the weather conditions on the mountains are considerably more frigid.