I don't understand this decision at all. I haven't experienced it yet, but supposedly "they sought you out" can happen anytime after defeating Yagluth ... meaning BEFORE you even have a chance to upgrade your base.

So they make an extreme design choice (for whatever reason) and all it does it force players to an extreme workaround for it (earthen walls, mods, cheats).

I absolutely love this game but this is one of the things I now have to work around because it's ridiculous, unfair, and quite honestly disrespectful to players who have spent untold hours carefully crafting their little world.

Was their goal for the Mistlands update to see how many players they can make rage-quit?

I'm still anti-mod (for now, but Valheim+ is looking really attractive) ... so for now my "workaround" will be to use the devcommands to "stopevent" the moment it starts.