Continuity/Elysa, Thorsten, and Borelean

Overview
Asheron's Call Manual and Dereth: A Brief History for Travelers:
 * For many years the humans lived as Olthoi slaves, but a band of rebels—led by the noblewoman Elysa Strathelar and the warrior Thorsten Cragstone—chose to fight.

The Way of Steel:
 * Even the legendary Thorsten Cragstone started out not knowing which end of a sword has the point. He learned quickly, however, or he would have met his death much sooner, and we might all still be thralls of the Olthoi.

Writing Contest Results:
 * Elysa Strathelar, the expatriate ruler of the Aluvians in Dereth and slayer of the One Queen, was merely the daughter of a scribe.