As far as I know, she is very old and was not in the best health before all of this. If she is rescued from Hossberg she may need to be rescued from the entire country. [ And she can't provide that much fire to a resistance on the other side of a closed border, is his point that he isn't going to actually coherently make. ] We can look into it.

Tevinter may have an easier time. They have more resources. Slaves aside.