Originally Posted by Raze
Igor certainly doesn't come off as trustworthy, but then Jonelath is a little too enthusiastic about his work, which I wasn't entirely comfortable with, either.

Yeah, I wasn't a huge fan of either of them, and both were a bit too enthusiastic about Damian. But at least Jonelath seemed content to stick to his work without planning creative means of bringing about my demise!

Originally Posted by Raze
About your spoiler:
The miners you free from the quarry tower run outside and disappear, so either they can climb better that you can as a dragon knight, or (more likely) they have a spell or device to protect them from the poison (air quality being a major concern in mines). At least some of the people not mentioned in Aleroth may have escaped the poison (don't know how thorough Damian's troops were, though), and headed somewhere other than the fjords or Aleroth.

On Sentinel Island, Michael was building a raft...
[spoiler]and made it away from the island, at least. You can find the raft (and his diary) hung up on a rock north east of the island.
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Oh yeah,
I'd forgotten about the miners. First time I played I managed to free them (with great difficulty) before the Sentinel Island section so it wasn't quite such a mystery, though apparently that wasn't supposed to be able to happen which is why the doors now remain locked until an appropriate stage. After which I did wonder how they managed to get away.

Regarding the inhabitants of Broken Valley in general, I figured it was possible that, since "Talana" had advanced warning of Damian's fleet arriving, others may have too and made their escape, possibly including Elsa and Fanny who were presumed to be caught up in the unpleasantness; though I think it's unrealistic to assume everyone would have got away judging by the screams and Damian's self-satisfied sneer when he attacks Broken Valley village. Part of me thinks it's silly to be this bothered, but I guess a game is doing something right if I am!

I didn't even know about Michael's raft, though in my game it's still moored with Michael's body on it; although I guess your point is that he was well on the way to Orobas Fjords by then...

J'aime le fromage.