In Defense of Prince Hubalajad In Defense of Prince Hubalajad is a book written by Lady Cinnabar as part of the Loremaster ' s Archive . It describes the area around , and including , Hew ' s Bane . Summary . Author : Lady Cinnabar Content . By Lady Cinnabar of Taneth If you know anything about Yokudan history , you ' re aware of the role Prince Hubalajad played — or did not play — in the early days following the initial Ra Gada colonization . We know “ Prince Hew " as a comic figure , share tales of his thick - headed approach to impossible problems , and jest about his aggressive opulence . A shrine to Zeht floods as a sign of the god ' s displeasure ? Build a more extravagant one further downstream ! An oft - repeated Taneth expression for wasting money is “ laying foundation with Hubalajad ' s coin . " Yet , what is truly known of the Luckless Prince ? The only references available are third - hand documents , at best . The many apocryphal tales muddy the issue , drawing us further and further away from the actual man . Therefore , we must look to the land of Hew ' s Bane itself to draw our own conclusions . What if , for only a moment , we approach what are commonly accepted as his many failures on their own terms ? We know Hubalajad must have arrived in the barren land of what was then called “ Khefrem ' s Boot " with a sizable amount of soldiers and artisans . Without local quarries , and with no reliable overland route from the north , they needed to import a mass amount of cut stone by sea . The natural protected harbor in what would become Abah ' s Landing was undoubtedly their first stop . A steady flow of laden barges would prove tempting to pirates , so Hubalajad ' s first necessity was to construct No Shira Citadel , an imposing fortress overlooking the Abecean . It is true No Shira was soon undermined by seasonal flooding . But in response , Hubalajad appealed to Zeht with a shrine . When subsequent flooding washed out the first shrine , he did order the construction of another , yet more elaborate shrine — but from an examination of the stonework , the new one was upstream of the last . Seen in this light , “ Prince Hew ' s thick - headedness " was in fact persistent resolve . Appealing to the Yokudan god of agriculture is not the act of an arrogant or thoughtless man . All the while , Abah ' s Landing grew from a soldier ' s camp and shantytown to a sprawling city . Despite the many hardships of this frontier life , Hubalajad constructed a great palace — a symbol that this land was his home , and that he was just as committed as the locals to thriving . Stone went to the great walls of Abah ' s Landing , showing that its contents deserved as much protection as the Yokudan ships . For a moment I ask you to set aside the multiple tombs , the impressive Princes Gate that opened a northern passage to Ra Gada territory , and the Yokudan statue just south of the Abah ' s Landing harbor that most erroneously believe was an idealized image of Hubalajad himself . The very act of constructing a citadel and a walled city at the same time , with the same pool of resources , would require a sharp mind for logistical matters . If it was not Hubalajad himself , he knew enough to surround himself with someone who could . This is hardly the style of a witless buffoon . The scale of Hubalajad ' s setbacks do not , in this author ' s opinion , justify the tales of endless folly . Was it a whispering campaign from jealous rivals who decried the resources he poured into an inhospitable land ? A blemished reputation for not recognizing his half - uncle was a necromancer ? Did he invoke the ire of a Yokudan god , or perhaps a Daedric Prince ? Though we may never truly know , we should keep one thing in mind about Hubalajad : before his arrival , no Man or Mer left a mark on this land . Today , the only structures surviving two millennia were those constructed by “ Prince Hew . " Source . This book was written as part of the Loremaster ' s archive .