Originally Posted by dza101
Originally Posted by GM4Him
REGARDING STRANGE RIDERS IN THESE PARTS

A tear near the top of this notice suggest it was one pinned for display - and perhaps torn down.

The date on this letter has faded with time, but the papers alone indicates great age.]

My fellow citizens (for fellow citizens we are, like it or not!),

I print and post multiple copies of this notice in the region, at no small expense to myself, because I feel a growing Concern and Alarm at the Presence of Strange Riders in These Parts of late.

Many of you will have seen them - tramping through our forests and towns under the guise of 'patrol'. They claim they are guardians, sent from Elturel to protect the borders of 'the great and holy nation of Elturgard'. Don't be fooled by shining armour of handsome mounts - I never bent the knee to any Elturgard, and I never asked any metalled jester to come peering over my garden fence.

As you all know, I'm descended direct from the original Selûnite settlers along these banks (and I have a half-elven great-uncle who'll swear to it!). We're peaceable folk, and we get on with the druids well enough, but I pay no fealty or tax to any far-off city I can't even find on a map.

I took no small pleasure in telling these thugs just that, and I urge you to do the same. They call themselves Hellriders. I call them interlopers - and they can bugger off to the hells, them and their city both.

With grave concern and serious intent,

Damon Briska,

Proud (and free!) Citizen of the Heartlands.


Regarding "Strange Riders in these parts", Elturgard was only founded sometime in the first half of 1400s, it didn't exist yet in 1385... So it seems like Moonhaven was around still after 1385..
That's more likely to be an oversight in my opinion. Elturel and the Hellriders and their patrols along the Chiontar predate Elturgard by decades, far into the 14th century. I don't have a hard time imagining it easy to get Elturel the city-state and Elturgard the 15th century country with Elturel as it's capital confused.

Originally Posted by ALexws
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I'm not sure I'm fully on board with this theory. I'm not actively against it, of course. I just ... I need to find some kind of support for Thorm still being alive. Rhobar121 says there was some mention of Halsin having killed Thorm's daughter, but I'm not sure where that is in the game or if it's even still in, so it leaves me uncertain.
Check out Chubblot patch 5 narrator's voice line video, around 39:25, you'll get your answer.

Not a particularly definitive answer though wink

Last edited by Dexai; 15/11/21 05:35 PM.
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