Did pirateaba foreshadow the location of Mershi, the City of Stars, in chapter 2.28?

“And the dangers of the mountains could not be ignored; Grisrith, the mountain range revered by the Gnolls as a place where legends and myths still roamed high above the sky, often saw deadly monsters descend the slopes to find easier pickings down below.”

On my first reread and this stood out to me. Just south of the bloodfields.