Quelling the chaotic turmoil exterior to the White Bone Castle was not arduous for the thoroughly disciplined High Elf forces. The High Elf warriors who pursued this path had gleaned expertise from generations of their forebears. Irrespective of the criteria regarded from any race, they were the best mortal troops in Currere.
In comparison, the Forest Elves, who had evolved from the High Elves, could only be described as a mob after thousands of years of degeneration without organization and leadership.
However, Remides's commands made the elite warriors' job of suppression much harder.
She didn't allow her High Elf warriors to use lethal force—other than dealing with the tree spirits and Beast Spirits besieging them outside the battlefield, this usually tough Shadow Queen didn't even allow her troops to take the lives of any Forest Elf.