Building the Base: The Meeting

Building the Base: The Meeting
Section	Kourna Quests
Campaign	Nightfall
Given by	Dunkoro in Command Post
Part of	The Command Post
Preceded by	Building the Base: The Interrogation
Type	Secondary quest
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More Kournans wish to join the fight against Varesh. Seek them out and enlist their aid.

Quest information

Objectives

• Meet with Kerendu and his sons to discuss how they might assist the Sunspears.
• Destroy the Kournan scout unit before it reports your meeting with Kerendu.
• Lead Kerendu to safety at the Sunspear Sanctuary.
• See Lonai for your reward.

Reward

• 2,500 Experience
• 200 Gold
• 100 Sunspear Promotion Points

Walkthrough

Meet up with Kerendu in Sunward Marches. After some dialogue, Kournan soldiers will approach and attack. After defeating them, lead Kerendu to the Command Post entrance. Although there will be few enemies en route, Kerendu and his two sons will not fight.

NPCs

In Sunward Marches

Allies

• 15 Kerendu
• 10 Mubata
• 15 Sinbi

Foes

Humans

• Kournan military
  • 20 (20) Kournan Phalanx
  • 20 (20) Kournan Soldier (five of them)

Dialogue

Initial dialogue

Dunkoro

If we're to have a chance against Varesh and her troops, we'll need to win over the Kournan commoners. Luck is on our side, it seems; an old scholar approached Nerashi in an attempt to establish contact with us. This scholar, Kerendu, is a well respected man among the Kournans. He believes we share a common enemy in Varesh. He and his two sons have arranged a meeting in the Sunward Marches to discuss his stance. If we can convince Kerendu and his sons to join us, it should increase our support in Kourna. It is crucial that you rendezvous with Kerendu as quickly as possible. Can you do it?

 Accept: "This should be a breeze."

 Decline: "A mysterious meeting with a Kournan scholar? Not my cup of tea."

 Ask: "Travel to the Sunward Marches and speak with the scholar Kerendu. This could be the break we needed to help win over the Kournan populace."

Intermediate dialogue

At meeting place

Kerendu

So you're with the Sunspears responsible for all this disruption around Kourna lately? My name is Kerendu and I assure you the pleasure is all mine. Warmarshal Varesh, if left to her own devices, will be the end of us all. Anyone who can get her as wound up as you have is a friend in my book.

Our history is rife with tyrants who, in the name of a cause they believe in, deliver pain and suffering to the people. I see these same patterns in our "beloved" warmarshal. I cannot stand idle and watch as our people are fed to the belly of the beast. My sons, Mubata and Sinbi, and I have come to pledge our service to you.

Kournan Phalanx: "Is that the smell of rotten spies on the loose? Quickly! Over there!"

Kournan Phalanx: "The only good spy is a dead spy, Bayel always says. Let's bring him their corpses as a gift!"

Kerendu: "Be careful, Sinbi. You're no Warrior!"

Sinbi: "Did you see that? I told you I could fight!"

Mubata: "I saw you almost get yourself killed. You should let others here do the fighting, Sinbi."

Sinbi: "I won't hide behind a book like you, Mubata!"

Kerendu: "Enough! Both of you! We need to leave before more troops discover us."

At Command Post entrance

Kerendu

"Thank you, friend, for giving us this opportunity to strike at the Warmarshal. I promise you it is a decision you will not regret."

Reward dialogue

Lonai

Kerendu and his sons will most certainly prove to be vital allies. If we stick to a solid plan, I believe we may yet succeed in resisting Varesh. Once word spreads that Kerendu is with us, we'll have many who are sympathetic to our cause out in the countryside. The family has taken refuge in the Command Post. If you need anything from them, you can speak to them there.

Notes

• If you have the quest And a Hero Shall Lead Them active, you can obtain two additional Sunspear allies near the Command Post resurrection shrine; they are guarded by a small group of Kournan Bowmen and Priests.

Anomaly.The group of Kournan soldiers spawns in mid-air.