Walkthroughs for custom maps.

Perhaps it would have made sense to hide each of the 10 mages behind a red tent so that no one would eat them before their time?

But the author's idea is precisely that you should hurry and manage to collect them all, and there is a risk of losing several archmages. I think that if you put them in an inaccessible place, then what would be the point and interest of the quest?