This isn't a bug, just poor game design. As soon as you get close to the bridge to Ketheric's town, the fight between Rolan and the shadows starts (they're near the docks under you). If you don't intervene right at that moment, he will die. The radius that triggers the event is very big so it's easy to trigger it without noticing. Triggering the event =/= entering the fight, so don't expect to enter turn-based mode automatically. You need to get close to the fight to join it (they start fighting without you). That means if you get close to the bridge then go do something else, Rolan will always die.
Last edited by Chlamydia; 02/10/23 08:58 PM.
