You’re Daeva, right? I know you’re good at what you do. And I hope you can be discreet.

Look at us: everything seems under control here at Roah, right?

Sure! So why are we taking casualties? I’m the laughingstock of the officer corps!

My men are sharp.

No enemy has even reached these walls, not one. Yet every day, we find one or two sentries lying unconscious – if we find them at all.

• "Sentries are disappearing?"

Exactly. I questioned one of the surviving guards, and she said she was attacked by a statue. All was quiet, so she let her guard down – and boom! She finds herself waking up hours later.

We didn’t realise those ‘statues’ were in fact Ancient Garcikhans, and my pluma of a predecessor didn’t bother warning me about them.

I’d like you to drive off the Ancient Garcikhans and protect our sentries.

Make no mistake, I’d have my troops over those of any other fortress. We’ve crushed the Elyos and the Balaur many times. But I equip them for large-scale battles, not guerilla fighting against statue-monsters.

• Accept.
• Decline.

Aye, blood for blood! I like a ready volunteer.

There are many Ancient Garcikhans in the outer area of Roah Fortress. Be careful, they’re more agile than you’d think.

And bring some Garcikhan Horns as proof you have disposed of them. Nothing like war trophies to put the troops at ease.

• "I'll find and kill them."

Hunt the Ancient Garcikhans that interfere with the fortress sentries. Take their horns as proof and return to Dullaha.

Caught the Ancient Garcikhans, I take it?

My sentries all came back safely...

Show me the proof: the Garcikhan Horns. Come on, chop, chop!

• "Here are Garcikhan Horns."

Bah! Without proof it hardly matters how many Ancient Garcikhans you slay. My guards will be too skittish to keep watch!

I’m short of men, but I’m not without resources.

I’ll reward you well for those Garcikhan Horns.

• "On my way."

Good work. I’ll pass these around at the next briefing, and my troops will stop jumping at every shadow.

More to the point, the other fortress commanders won’t joke any more about my ‘non-battle casualties’.

Here’s a little something... an extra supply allocation, if you like.

Dullaha was concerned about ambush attacks on sentries guarding Roah Fortress’s outer wall. Ancient Garcikhans are to blame.

The soldiers in the fortress are equipped to fight soldiers, not stealthy predators, so Dullaha asked you to hunt the Garcikhans instead.

When you routed the Ancient Garcikhans and returned with their horns, Dullaha thanked you and said the news would improve morale at Roah Fortress.