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This is true but for me it fits into place a little too well not to be a historical reference. I.E. forelhost is built into the side of a mountain and haunted by the ghosts of its former masters, and has been relatively left alone after the legion finds the mass sucide of the dragon cultists. Forelhost was also the last major stronghold of the dragon cult at the time of this event.

Now back to reality:  Masada was then was one of the last strongholds of and extremist sect of the Zealots, known as the sicarii who were in hiding there, much like the dragon cultists were hiding in forelhost. Built on top of a plataeu it was easily defendable, like forelhost. After a moderate seige, the gates were smashed and the romans entered masada to find that all 960 rebels (women and children included) had either committed mass suicide (or in some cases willingly allowed themselves to be slain by their fellow rebels). Once again, the account of Skorm Snow-Strider reflects a similar situation when the legion took forelhost, along with the notes and missives found inside the dungeon which tell of orders to poison the well and such. Nowadays it is said (and has been said for hundreds of years) that the ghosts of the siccarii still haunt the fortess and walkabout its area at night. The first opponents you meet in forelhost are the ghosts of the dragon cultists. And if this isn't enough evidence already, everything about the Legion is a reference to the roman legion, even most of the imperial names are latin. And Masada wasn't about being dishonored by defeat, it was more of a martyrdom for the cause of jewish liberty, and still is. All of this leads me to believe that forelhost and the events that transpired there are a reference to the historical events of the siege of masada, not just coincedence. I could go on...