I think it's nice of you to have them with lighted lanterns; to me that means hope, being able to see the way, education, and just that they had time to light them and get out (aren't going to be slaughtered in their beds). We're not always afraid because things are inherently fearful; sometimes we're afraid of our own pictures in our heads; could just mean "change" which is mostly what the Vikings brought. I think I would have been more afraid of Willy the Conquerer?