To march into battle, a man must be ready to embrace the idea of death. Not just the death of one's own body but the death of those who the person will fight, either by his hands, or the hands of others.
The realities of war were emphasized clearly with their battle against the goblins. Their fight was equal, both sides fought hard, and used various strategies to try and one up the other.
But in the end, the deciding factor the battle was the man in black who stood among them, surrounded by a mysterious cloud of darkness from where his eyes shined through.
Yet, despite the seemingly hostile and unfathomable power of this man in black, he was their ally.
The knights and Toby were all tired and drained of much of their energy to move forward. The battle against the goblins lasted thirty minutes, non stop fighting, horde upon horde of these tiny green creatures.