4 good-aligned outtie heroes total?
Who should they have been chummy with? You?
... is that really what you're saying? That the super-deathful Keren and Liluthiyan, along with their mildly-frightening sidekicks Macha and Seyriannia were attached by umbilical cords to the Fort? Lol. I, with Liluthiyan, grouped with Fort perhaps 3 times in my life, perhaps a few more for ranking. And we also didn't call each other like you seem to think. I called on Fort to help against Satebos (of course they took forever to come and he was gone by the time they arrived) and I did help a maran ranger retrieve or something against Scion. It doesn't take a fucking rocket scientist to locate or ask where the fucking Scepter is, and go look for your enemies there. I freely admit, I would tell the Fort to call me if Scions showed up, but they never did. All of a sudden, one or two or three of them would just be dead.
So... what are you crying about, seriously? It's not like between tattoo and Ehren edges and the weakness/incompetence of a large # of goodie chars, including mine, you were in real danger. Your l33t camelspit, repeated flee/bite/let nightwalker tank tactics were so fucking advanced, there's no way you could have gone down to less than 5!
All explanations aside, if you look at the cold hard facts, you assume a lot of shit, and shout it real loudly.