Are these two sentences properly worded?

FYI-Shadovar and Netherese are the same. Around that time, Barrabus arrived in Neverwinter on behalf of the Shadovar and offered to help the people of the city defend themselves when the Ashamadai zealots attacked. The citizens of Neverwinter were at first skeptical, but Barrabus reminded them that the Netherese had protected the city before the primordial cataclysm and that he himself had lived through the destruction by seeking cover underneath the city’s prominent bridge.