User blog comment:Dettles/Noland and the Dwarves/@comment-5380248-20130703093353/@comment-5851349-20130704035539

yes and i think it was his connections with the king, remember?

the one he told about the golds to?

and lets not forget that norland is quite strong:

1 hit sliced the huge snake

1 arm moving megatons of land

speed, strength, knowledge,etc