Well, I think it's possible that they could have repelled the first attack. They may have 102 people, but they also have a big damn ice wall.

Just watched this. I enjoyed Blackwater better as an episode. I'm fine with the various tropes and similarities to other fictional battles and such. What I couldn't get over, however, was how many Crows died or were incapacitated on screen. I'm fairly sure the number far exceeded the 102 remaining members of the…

When I see it knife storming, I think of the final battles in Super Mario RPG, where the bosses actually cast a spell called Sword Rain, which looks just like it sounds.  Pendleton's just a little older than me.  I bet he played that game when he was a kid.