After the meeting Thorin had called ended, everyone left Thráin's Hall.
Lord Elrond said goodbye to Allen at the gates of the Kingdom under the Mountain.
He would take some of the soldiers back to Lothlórien first, leaving Lindir to handle the unfinished business at the Lonely Mountain.
After watching Lord Elrond leave, Allen returned to Dale. He still had some things to do at the Lonely Mountain and could not leave yet.
That morning, after the meeting ended, Allen gave Alayen, who had now recovered, an assignment.
He was to take two hundred soldiers and bring the warriors who had fallen in this war back to Wilderness Town as quickly as possible, so their families could see them one last time.
Their souls had already received Ilúvatar's gift and departed for other worlds.
But according to the traditions of the Woodland Dwellers, their bodies still had to return to the earth with their families there to witness it.
Allen felt he had to see to this immediately.
He had decided this the night before. Although it was winter and the bodies would not decay easily, he could not simply leave the soldiers who had died fighting for him lying in the streets of Dale.
Before Alayen left, Allen spoke with him at length, mainly about the instructions he was to pass on to Ymira concerning compensation for nearly two hundred families.
According to Wilderness Town's long-standing tradition, Allen would support the family of every soldier who died on the battlefield.
At the very least, he was obligated to provide for them until their children reached adulthood.
Beyond that, Allen would give them enough wealth to live on for ten years. He could now afford to pay the entire amount in gold.
Gold would also soon become the standard medium