And a Hero Shall Lead Them

And a Hero Shall Lead Them
Section	Primary Quests
Campaign	Nightfall
Given by	Lonai in Sunspear Sanctuary (Kourna)
Required hero	Koss
Preceded by	The Great Escape
Followed by	Venta Cemetery
Type	Primary quest
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Now that you have Koss back, make your way to Venta Cemetery to rendezvous with the evacuees, freeing other captured Sunspears along the way.

Quest information

Requirements

• Required Hero: Koss

Objectives

• Gain the rank of Sunspear General (2,500) or be a leader Kormir recruited from a foreign land. To gain promotion points, talk to Kournan priests [sic] to earn the respect of the Kournan people.
• Speak to Koss in the Command Post at the Sunspear Sanctuary.
• Rescue the remaining Sunspear forces.
• Watch out for long-range Kournan spotters.
• Watch out for sentry traps.
• Talk to Commander Suha.
• See Rojis for your reward.

Reward

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

Walkthrough

Sunspear General

When playing a Nightfall character, you must be a Sunspear General (2,500 Sunspear Promotion Points) before you can continue with this quest.

By the time you reach this quest, you will likely have achieved the rank of Sunspear Commander (1,000 Sunspear Promotion Points). The following table provides a list of quests near the Sunspear Sanctuary that can be performed to gain enough points to move forward with this quest. Most characters can skip the quests highlighted in pink related to The Dejarin Estate unless you need more than 1,200 additional points.

Quest	Sunspear Points	Experience	Gold	Other reward	Given by	Location
The Command Post	160	4000	200	-	Lonai	Sunspear Sanctuary
→ Building the Base: Prisoners of War	100	2500	200	-	Dunkoro	Command Post
→ Building the Base: The Interrogation	100	2500	200	-	Dunkoro	Command Post
→ Building the Base: The Meeting	100	2500	200	-	Dunkoro	Command Post
A Fool's Luck	100	2500	200	-	Koss	Command Post
Koss's Elixir	100	2500	200	Kournan Coin	Koss	Command Post
The Foolhardy Father	100	2500	200	-	Dunkoro	Command Post
→ The Dejarin Estate	160	4000	400	Kournan Coin	Zudash Dejarin	Yohlon Haven
→ → Estate Planning	100	2500	200	Kournan Coin	Kahan	Pogahn Passage
→ → Tendering an Offer	100	2500	200	Kournan Coin	Behchu	Pogahn Passage
→ → The Young Lady Vanishes	100	2500	200	Kournan Coin	Hogun the Unpredictable	Dejarin Estate
→ → Family Ties	100	2500	200	Kournan Coin	Zudash Dejarin	Yohlon Haven
Melonni's Meditations	100	2500	200	-	Elder Jonah	Marga Coast
Capturing the Signet of Capture	100	2500	200	Signet of Capture	Elder Jonah	Marga Coast
Herds to the Slaughter	100	2500	200	-	Herdsman Zekanu	Marga Coast
Drake in a Cage	100	2500	200	Kournan Coin	Chuno	Marga Coast
→ Feeding Frenzy	100	2500	200	Kournan Coin	Chuno	Marga Coast
Total	1820	45500	3600

You can also refer to the Guide to farming Sunspear promotion points if you are short a few hundred points.

Travel with Koss

Take Koss as one hero and go into the Sunward Marches. You will see the first pair of Sunspears. Defeat the Kournan Guards to rescue them. Go northwest and afterwards straight north to rescue the next two pairs. Watch out for sentry traps as they will cause 100 armor-ignoring damage to anyone in the area every 5 seconds. Talk to Commander Suha in the northeast to gain access to Venta Cemetery.

Only one Captured Sunspear has to survive to complete the quest.

NPCs

Allies

Humans (Order of the Sunspears)

• 3 Commander Suha
• 20 Captured Sunspear
• 20 Captured Sunspear
• 20 Captured Sunspear
• 20 Captured Sunspear

Objects

• Sentry Traps

Dialogue

Initial dialogue

Lonai

"We need to evacuate the wounded, but we'll never make it to the coast with everyone in the country against us. However, it seems not all Kournans are happy with Varesh. If we can win over more of the populace, it will make the evacuation that much easier. The local priests may be able to help us with that.

But, to make all of this work, we'll nee a new leader...and I think it should be you! Of course, you'll have to be able to command the respect of all Sunspears. Therefore you must first achieve the rank of Sunspear General or be one of the distinguished leaders Kormir herself recruited from foreign lands. When you are ready, Koss will update you on the evacuation plans."

 Accept: "I am honored by your confidence in me!"

 Decline: "I'm not worthy."

 Ask: "If you want to lead the Sunspear evacuation, you must first attain the rank of Sunspear General unless you are one of the distinguished leaders Kormir recruited from foreign lands. The local priests have much sway with the populace. Speak with them to see how we can win over the hearts and minds of the Kournan people. Then, have Koss update you on the evacuation plans."

Intermediate dialogue

Koss

"While I was at the garrison, I overheard talk of captured Sunspears to the north of Nundu Bay. Rojis will meet us in the Venta Cemetery to assist with the evacuation. We must proceed with caution, however: the guards use sentry traps to keep wild creatures from wandering into their perimeter.

We must rescue as many Sunspears as we can and evacuate them before Margrid ups her fare."

Koss: "Nerashi warned me about those spotters. They will alert the archers to fire on us with longbows if we're not careful."

Captured Sunspear: "There's Koss!"

Koss: "There are sentry traps just ahead. We'll have to tread lightly around them."

Captured Sunspear: "Koss! Now is our chance!"

Koss: "Looks like we have to deal with both to get these guys free."

Captured Sunspear: "For Istan!"

Commander Suha

"Ahai! It is good to see you survived! Rojis made it out of Gandara as well, hanging onto a barrel! He figured out a way to disarm those blasted traps the Kournans have been using as well. Brilliant mind, that Sunspear."

Accept: "What's the status of the evacuation?"

"It's not looking good. There are Kournan troops everywhere, and we need to evacuate our people immediately. Let me know when you and Koss are ready to muster the troops. Then Rojis can tell you how to disarm those traps."

Accept: "We are ready." (sent to Evacuation)

Decline: "We are not ready yet."

Reward dialogue

Rojis

"Good to see you, my friend! And to think you've got all your arms and legs intact after all you've been through!

As a matter of fact, I have managed to figure out a way to disarm those pesky sentry traps. I'll show you how once we're on our way. That corsair, Margrid, is waiting on the other side of the garrison. I'll stay behind and direct any stragglers. Take this; you'll need it."

Notes

• A Nightfall character can complete this quest without the rank of Sunspear General if that character is in a party with another character who also has the quest and has the rank of Sunspear General or is a Factions or Prophecies character. Both characters are teleported to Rojis in Venta Cemetery to accept the reward.
• During the stage at which Nightfall characters must obtain the rank of Sunspear General, the quest marker will point to the Sunspear Great Hall, despite there being nothing there which will help with the objective.
• Can be be completed at the same time as Building the Base: Prisoners of War.

Trivia

• When Nightfall was just released, even Factions and Prophecies characters needed to get Sunspear General to continue through the quest; however, this was changed after about a month and a half from release.