So, today I pulled up one of my powerful mage characters saved just before going to level 4 of Talushorn and I decided to romp through the rest of the world destroying everything. I wiped out Everdale and East Willow. Slaughtered the guards at Raven's Gate and the dwarves of Durnore, then killed Shibara and stole her pups so I could wipe out the rest of the wolves when they attacked the town. Off I went to Port Kuudad and started wiping out the citizens and shopkeepers and old Saint Gilhelm and guards and as I approached the front gates ready for the major battle ...
a power surge restarted my computer and I hadn't saved any of the progress so everyone was rescued.