Sunward Marches

This article is about an explorable area. This name is also used for a Zaishen vanquish quest. For the mission, see Venta Cemetery.

Sunward Marches
Campaign	Nightfall
Region	Kourna
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Command Post Dajkah Inlet Venta Cemetery
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The Sunward Marches consists of rolling hilly and rocky terrain that comprises most of western Kourna, and together with the Marga Coast, the western coastline of Kourna. A large Kournan military garrison known as Morzek Garrison dominates the area, providing both security and trouble for the surrounding population.

Getting there

Upon arrival at the Command Post for the first time, Dunkoro will offer a series of quests that will lead you here to build up the set of NPCs that will ultimately settle in the Command Post.

Exits

• Command Post (southeast)
• Dajkah Inlet (southwest)
• Venta Cemetery (northeast)

Shrines

Resurrection shrines with bounties

• Wandering Priest → Heket Hunt
  • Northwest from the fort in the center.
  • South from the northwestern corner, along the western edge.
• Wandering Priest → Insect Hunt
  • At the exit into Dajkah Inlet.
• Wandering Priest → Kournan Bounty
  • South of the fort in the center.
• Wandering Priest → Monster Hunt
  • At the exit into the Sunspear Sanctuary.
  • At the exit into Venta Cemetery.
  • Northeast from the fort in the center.

Resurrection shrines with a statue

• Avatar of Dwayna
  • Northwest from the fort in the center.
• Champion of Balthazar
  • South of the fort in the center.
• Lyssa's Muse
  • At the exit into the Sunspear Sanctuary.
• Melandru's Watcher
  • At the exit into Dajkah Inlet.
  • Northeast from the fort in the center.
• Voice of Grenth
  • At the exit into Venta Cemetery.
  • South from the northwestern corner, along the western edge.

NPCs

These quests affect the spawns in this area:

• And a Hero Shall Lead Them
• Building the Base: Prisoners of War
• Building the Base: The Interrogation
• Building the Base: The Meeting
• Melonni Goes Recruiting

Allies

• 10 Talmehinu (collector for 5 Sentient Spores)
• 10 Wandering Priests

Foes

Drakes

• 20 (26) Steelfang Drake

Great beasts

• 22 (26) Tusked Howler
• 22 (26) Tusked Hunter

Great beasts (Ntoukas)

• 20 (26) Ntouka Bird
• 20 (26) Crested Ntouka Bird
• 20 (26) Rampaging Ntouka

Hekets

• 21 (26) Stoneaxe Heket
• 21 (26) Beast Sworn Heket
• 21 (26) Blue Tongue Heket
• 21 (26) Blood Cowl Heket

Humans (Kournan military)

• 16, 20 (25) Kournan Guard
• 16, 20 (25, 26) Kournan Bowman
• 20 (26) Kournan Spotter
• 16, 20 (25, 26) Kournan Priest
• 16, 20 (25) Kournan Seer
• 16, 20 (25, 26) Kournan Scribe
• 24 (26) Kournan Field Commander
• 16, 20 (25, 26) Kournan Phalanx
• 16, 20 (25, 26) Kournan Zealot

Insects

• 20 (26) Bladed Veldt Termite
• 20 (26) Veldt Beetle Queen

Mandragors

• 22 (26) Mandragor Slither
• 22 (26) Mandragor Imp
• 22 (26) Stoneflesh Mandragor

Plants

• 20 (26) Mirage Iboga
• 20 (26) Murmuring Thornbrush

Bosses

Drakes

• 24 (30) Mahto Sharptooth → Crippling Slash (Sharptooth's Shield)

Humans (Kournan military)

• 28 (30) Acolyte of Lyssa → Avatar of Lyssa (Lyssa's Bedlam)

Plants

• 24 (30) Eshim Mindclouder → Crippling Anguish (The Mindclouder)
• 24 (30) Birneh Skybringer → Lightning Surge (The Skybringer)

Great beasts

• 24 (30) Dabineh Deathbringer → Reaper's Sweep (The Deathbringer) (does not spawn if Building the Base: Prisoners of War is active)

Points of interest

• Morzek Garrison

Notes

• There is a group of Rampaging Ntouka in the northwestern corner which is much larger than the average group size for this zone. It has a patrol route that heads south.
• Kournan military outside of the garrison are level 16. Those inside the garrison itself are level 20.
• Vanquisher runs of this area without active quests requires defeating around 300 foes. Including quest influences, it has been reported to range from 278 to 315.
  • Additional allies (6) and foes during And a Hero Shall Lead Them.
• Complete exploration of this area contributes approximately 3.0% to the Elonian Cartographer title track.
  • The large group of Rampaging Ntouka, referred to above, is deadly if a party is not prepared for the damage spike.
  • To collect bounties, it is recommended to leave from Command Post going in a clockwise direction.

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