@Hank: I'm still mainly on ninjadorks side on this matter, even after your last post. Even if there have been those in the attacker group, that stood silent, they waited for a moment to strike. Even though the command to listen to him has been given out, that winged bitch wasn't the only one, who "attacked". One of the supports restrained him with ice magic, although he clearly just wanted to evade an attack, that has been performed in violation of orders. This might have been the action of a nervous support team member or the attempt to prevent a counter attack of MC, but I tend to interpret this as a malicious deed, to help to beat him up/kill him, as you have to interpret the actions of this group as a whole. (If the team leader doesn't have her people under control, it is her own fault.)
"[...] that wouldn't mean they are predisposed to violence against humans in general; that would mean they are predisposed to violence against humanss who apparently kidnap their kind."
That "apparently" says it all. They didn't have prove enough to engage in those kind of restraining action, that might end with his death. They couldn't truly know, if he is just a human or a human, that actually kidnapped their kin. Even if it looked bad, they didn't even gave him the chance to surrender, as that wing bitch attacked with potential lethal attacks.
"I apologise for the sudden attack. However, we believe one of our brethren is inside of that mud wall and we want to confirm it. In order to confirm if you've kidnapped our brethren, we will be restraining you."
So, let's imaging a rich billionaire has been kidnapped and the police is lucky enough to react very fast and they are able to block of most streets leading out of the neighbourhood. They have a vague description of the car used to get away. Now some random guy, that is innocent, comes along, but he drives the wrong car model with the wrong car color at the wrong time and wrong place. The police stops him and tells him, "We have good reason to believe you might have kidnapped a fellow citizen, so we are going to ...(And here it is, that it goes downhill.)...going to restrain you to make sure, he isn't in your car." And then a violent cop attacks him with his truncheon. That guy evades those attacks, but although another officer tells him to stop, another officer manages to sneak up and grab him, so the violent one can finally beat him down until he loses conciseness.
In both scenarios, the police one and the fantasy one I missed one sentence: "Please stand aside, so we can check that matter."
I know, that those aren't police officers and the circumstances are a bit more wild in those woods, as slave traders might use lethal force on the spot, but they still acted excessively brutal. If he says "Ah, it fine." afterwards, I have to hurl.