When he arrived, Denys Mallister was reluctant to order the collapse of the bridge. They had a superior position where they funnelled their enemies and dealt with them with almost no deaths. But on the morning of the fifth day, the number of enemies did not seem to lessen one bit, and if things continued this way, they would all collapse from exhaustion in less than a fortnight. If the piles of charred bones did stack up high enough, they would have to fight the wights without the advantage of the thirty-foot wall. This morning, Denys Mallister had a dozen men down to the Gorge with hammers and pickaxes to try and collapse one of the supporting bridge pillars.