In total, the Altered backup members were relatively large. In the first place, there wasn’t a mass amount of members in the Altered Hunters, and in the first launch of attack led by Edvard, they had already used a significant number of their forces.
Still, with the fifty or so members, they believed that it would be enough of a backup to help the current Altered Hunters that were in their mess. An elite force of only high-quality members, apart from the three apprentices that were allowed to come on the trip.
However, the force of the backup hunters had been split, in order to reclaim what already had been gained. Too many lives from the organization were lost defeating the first three of the Ironfangs.
The Altered Hunters needed a quick win, and gaining back that territory would be the win they needed. They could then group up and aim for the Garden, or go straight for the castle after that.