A Little Convincing?

Upon reaching the base of the mountain, they discovered bodies of armoured beasts lying on the ground of blood-stained grass mixed with flesh-covered gravel.

Well, from what they gathered, they used to be armoured.

Broken shells, akin to the texture of a pale brown granite, were laid shattered and strewn across the ground like someone had picked apart a stone pavement with a crowbar.

The monsters' flesh beneath their protective exterior was covered in lethal gnashes and crimson marks as their blood continued to flow out.

However, their body was covered in a sort of dust and gritty sand that would belong on the path up a mountain.

It seemed as though these frightening beasts had been kicked and rolled down said mountain as a way to free up space.