Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-92.18.14.163-20180325224119/@comment-25936766-20180327171106

And they also wouldn't have had anyone to get the ships to evacutate the people in time, both from Amity and from Vale.

Meaning that most of their Huntsmen would've been stuck on a flying colosseum with no way to get down in time unless they were willing and capable of jumping down like an Assassin. Meaning that the number of people in Vale fighting the Grimm would've been much smaller for a big amount of time.

And I seriously doubt they could've gotten a ship past all the Griffons without a fleet to defend said ship.