"We need to find a safe place," Alan said as he started moving. "Being here in the open is just asking to die."
He was not wrong about that. A shelter was exactly what they needed first, as it would give them time to explore the area and find a way to get back to their original location.
But wanting a shelter was one thing, finding one was a completely different beast. The Elven population was small, so the number of settlements scattered through their lands was small too.
The rest was pure wilderness, and that was one reason it was hard to invade the Elven territory to conquer it. They would have to first go through the jungle, the beasts, and then arrive at the Elven capital.