Erephir can deal 351 damage in one attack with an 81% accuracy, while Gillon, thanks to his four attacks, deals 598 damage with an 83% accuracy. If FirFir misses, it misses, but Gillon would have to be incredibly lucky to miss all four times (I don't doubt him, of course, but still).
I think Reven simply tries to protect his creatures 😅
1000 HP, decent dodge, and elven chainmail should provide sufficient protection.
The character from my quote died from a single hit from a random bartender. THINK.
Where do we end up when we save the world?