Quest Giver and Location	Goal of Quest	Solution Explanation	Reward
Automatically given when you arrive	Defend the merchant	Attack the Yaga-shura soldiers that are decimating the merchant band.	1,000 gold and +1 reputation point

As soon as you travel to this area, you'll interrupt some Yaga-Shura soldiers guided by an officer dispatching a merchant band. They're not particularly challenging, being vulnerable to most spells. But for taking them out, the merchant leader, Karthis al-Hezzar, will give you 1,000 gold, and your reputation will increase 1 point.

Traveling south, you'll run into two fire giants across a stream. They can't cross the stream, so pick them off with missile weapons. Crossing that stream, you'll face another bridge. Instead of crossing that bridge, travel north until you can see some enemies on the other side of the stream to your right; there are more fire giants as well as additional Yaga-Shura troops, including a mage. Unleash a barrage of area of effect spells to pound the enemies you can see and those behind them and then use ranged weapons to pick off the giants or soldiers that try to cross the bridge. Summon some creatures, or charm the nearby bear, to hold the enemy forces at the bridge.

Enter the giants. Use the bridges in this area to escape from the lurking fire giants, allowing you to pick them off with ranged weapons at your leisure.

NPCs in this sector:

• Karthis al-Hezzar
  
• Merchants (briefly)