Yeah, I'm more tired than I thought because I usually can think these things through better and don't miss so many details. But I'll try anyway.

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I'd say there's no need to overthink it. The Scribblers probably just arrived at the Rift at the same time as a group of armed goblins and things escalated quickly from there.
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That's not what Redcloak says, though. He says the first bearer was commanded to "seize the Rift" and the crayons shows him leading a war party. Soon's wife fell into that Rift during a picninc while they were in a diplomatic mission to the Elven Lands, so it seems Lirian's Gate/Rift was located deep in Elven territory. So their action was most likely partly defensive. Also, the crayons shows the First Bearer being defeated by the entire Order of the Scribble (minus Soon, oddly enough) and Serini's diary called Dorukan "the new kid" implying that the Order took some time to form. We don't know how long it's been between Soon and Lirian discovering the Rift and that battle, but it may have been it was long enough for them to learn at least of the scale of the danger. Probably from one of the Twelve or an Elven nature deity that Lirian worshipped.
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From the timeline Redcloak gives in SoD and the timeline given by Shojo's retelling of the Scribble, the goblin cleric and Soon + Lirian must have discovered the rift around the same time. But I guess they put together the Scribble before the original bearer of the Crimson Mantle set off to seize the rift? Maybe they were researching it when the goblins attacked? I don't know how long any of this took. And it probably won't matter to the story in any case, I was just trying to piece together the series of events.

Interesting, though, that I now realize The Dark One did not become aware of the other rifts even after learning of the Snarl and studying Lirian's Gate once it was built. I wonder if the Snarl had to eat a goblin cleric specifically for him to notice the rift, someone with a divine connection to him?