SOme people dont sit hours on end waiting for someone to raid.

actually, as a villager, you have a 90% chance of someone always being outside of your cabal waiting for you. Believe me, I am darus, i know.

Maybe...just maybe...Niaz was off exploring somewhere and couldnt get back. Maybe he was badly hurt somewhere, and couldnt get back.
Just because someone doesnt get their butt back to their cabal on...as you describe...one occasion, doesnt really mean anything.

agreed

As far as what happened afterwards, well from what it looks like, he returned from where he was, and decided to come try you and the giant. And he died. WHat more do you want from someone?

depends person to person. This wasnt me so dunno for him

Sword, flurry spec, villagers, are not easy to fight for anyone. Especially while trying to retrieve, and especially for a necromancer trying to retrieve from...alone.

flurry likely wasnt even used, nor is it my skill of choice for many things. Villagers are easy to kill. Again, they are limited to their powers/what they wear and their skill. Thats it. Non villagers are limited to nothing. To which includes all that vilagers are, potions, pills, wands, a/b/s, all invoker shields, sanctuary, haste/adrenal something, etc. To note, things like deathblow and such, only do good when and only when they hit. Every class has at least parry, and parry works best knowing the other persons weapon at 100, and your own. Yes, I have had mages in one round parry every single strike.
As far as a necromancer retrieving alone.. lets see.. all pets can have flying and haste, and necromancer can have a/b/s, not to mention pets can rescue, and golem with all parts can do some nsaty things, ghoul can hold person with something that isnt a spell. Not to mention all those pets can kill a cabal guardian FAST. They can also slow the giant, making just about every undead/golem/ghoul attack hit. Especially at that level.
Its not the things he did, its the things he didnt do. A villager has to walk always from where he is and what he is doing to defend. He has to wait and heal, noone else has to do that. Niaz took far too much time to do something that should have been much faster by the sound of it.