Arkjok Ward

Arkjok Ward lies to the south of the more populated areas near the Fortress of Jahai. It is mostly dry but there is fertile farmland towards the northeast. The Kournan military maintain their presence in this area in fortifications built along the river.

Getting there
The Great Escape is the primary quest that will first lead characters into this area.

Secondary quests that take place in this area include A Little Recon and Drake in a Cage.

Exits

 * Command Post (northwest)
 * Jahai Bluffs (north)
 * Marga Coast (west)
 * Pogahn Passage (southeast)
 * Yohlon Haven (southwest)

Shrines

 * Resurrection shrines with bounties:
 * Wandering Priest → Insect Hunt
 * At the exit into Yohlon Haven.
 * Wandering Priest → Mandragor Hunt
 * At the exit into Marga Coast.
 * Wandering Priest → Kournan Bounty
 * At the exit into Jahai Bluffs.
 * At the exit into Pogahn Passage.
 * On island southeast from the northern village.
 * Wandering Priest → Monster Hunt
 * South-central part of the map, a bit west from the river.
 * Wandering Priest → Plant Hunt
 * At the exit into the Command Post.
 * Whispers Informant → Elemental Hunt
 * Near center of map, southwest from the village.


 * Resurrection shrines with a statue:
 * Avatar of Dwayna
 * At the exit into the Command Post.
 * Champion of Balthazar
 * At the exit into Yohlon Haven.
 * Lyssa's Muse
 * Near center of map, southwest from the village.
 * Melandru's Watcher
 * At the exit into Jahai Bluffs.
 * South-central part of the map, a bit west from the river.
 * Voice of Grenth
 * At the exit into Marga Coast.
 * At the exit into Pogahn Passage.
 * On island southeast from the northern village.

Quests available

 * Elder Isma
 * A Prescription for Conscription

NPCs
These quests affect the spawns in this area:
 * A Little Recon
 * A Prescription for Conscription
 * Drake in a Cage
 * Family Ties
 * Koss's Elixir
 * The Great Escape

Services

 * 20 Jurani (merchant)
 * 20 Odahn (dye trader)
 * 20 Sulumba (material trader)

Kournan villagers

 * 2 Nerwa
 * 10 Elder Isma
 * 10 Farmer Gorkan
 * 10 Farmer Orjok
 * 10 Herbalist Umjabwe
 * 10 Ossjo
 * 10 Kournan Nobles
 * 10 Kournan Peasants
 * 2 Kournan Children

Other allies

 * 20 Kournan Soldiers (by the Buried Treasure)
 * 10 Wandering Priests
 * 20 Whispers Informant

Foes
Elementals
 * 24 (26) Cracked Mesa
 * 24 (26) Stone Shard Crag

Great beasts Great beasts (Ntoukas)
 * 22 (26) Tusked Howler
 * 22 (26) Tusked Hunter
 * 20 (26) Ntouka Bird
 * 20 (26) Crested Ntouka Bird
 * 20 (26) Rampaging Ntouka

Hekets
 * 5 (23) Slort Nilbog (only during Koss's Elixir)

Humans (Kournan military)
 * 16 (25) Kournan Guard
 * 16 (25, 26) Kournan Bowman
 * 20 (26) Kournan Spotter
 * 16 (25) Kournan Priest
 * 16 (25) Kournan Oppressor
 * 16 (25) Kournan Seer
 * 16 (25, 26) Kournan Scribe
 * 24 (26) Kournan Field Commander
 * 16 (25, 26) Kournan Phalanx
 * 16 (25, 26) Kournan Zealot

Insects
 * 16 (25)Bladed Veldt Termite
 * 20 (26) Veldt Beetle Queen
 * 20 (26) Veldt Beetle Lance

Mandragors
 * 22 (26) Mandragor Slither
 * 22 (26) Mandragor Imp
 * 22 (26) Stoneflesh Mandragor

Plants
 * 20 (26) Mirage Iboga
 * 23 (26) Stormforce Jacaranda
 * 20 (26) Murmuring Thornbrush

Bosses
Great beasts (Ntoukas)
 * 24 (30)Onwan, Lord of the Ntouka &rarr; Rage of the Ntouka (Onwan's Aegis)

Humans (Kournan military)
 * 24 (30) Commander Kubeh &rarr; Barrage (only during the Great Escape)
 * 24 (30) Captain Chichor &rarr; Enchanter's Conundrum (Chichor's Conundrum) (does not spawn if quest the Great Escape is active)
 * 24 (30) Lieutenant Kayin &rarr; Destructive Was Glaive (Kayin's Focus)
 * 28 (30) Acolyte of Grenth &rarr; Avatar of Grenth (Grenth's Grasp) (does not spawn if quest the Great Escape is active)

Insects
 * 24 (30) Eshau Longspear &rarr; Cruel Spear (Eshau's Spear)

Mandragors
 * 26 (30) Enadiz the Hardheaded &rarr; Headbutt (Enadiz's Defender)

Plants
 * 25 (30) Modti Darkflower &rarr; Depravity (Modti's Depravation)
 * 24 (30) Zephyr Hedger &rarr; Lightning Surge (only during Koss's Elixir)

Objects

 * Buried Treasure (on an island in the northeastern corner of the map)
 * Kournan Chest