Ruins of Surmia (mission)

This mission can be easily solo'd if you take the healer, ranger, and mage henchmen with you (If you take the Fighter you will get adds and probably get overwhelmed).

Primary
Protect Prince Rurik Follow the prince and take it as slow as possible since the prince has a tendency to rush of and get everyone into too much agro. Particularly when reaching the charr, there can be some groups which can get too large. Eventually after looping over the "river" you will find three prison cages alongside the river. Upon freeing the last you get the first cut-scene.

A short journey later you arrive at the drawbridge where Rurik decides to wait with the recently released Erol (which can be a good thing as he goes too fast sometimes). To cross you need to loop south and east, north, back west along the river under the drawbridge and then round to the right. After opening the drawbridge follow Rurik to the "mages".

If you close the door after entering the "final area" using the two levers you may save some trouble. Basically the mobs come at you in groups of 3 or 4, one group at a time. If you keep a single member of each group alive for a bit it can delay the arrival of the next group and allow time to heal up a bit. After the boss arrives and you kill him you complete the mission.

Bonus
Destroy the Flame Temple Keepers Just after leaving Prince Rurik at the bridge, and heading south and then east you arrive at a prisoner who gives you the Bonus. At this time a group of "torch bearers" appear just south of you. DO NOT KILL THEM YET !!!. Follow them, taking care to stay out of agro range until a gate opens that they then try to pass through (once the gate opens you can kill them :). The Temple keepers are at the top ot the hill inside the gate and cast Firestorm - kill them to complete the bonus. At the bottom of the hill there is a second gate that leads to a short cut to the other side of the drawbridge (uncertain if this is a back way in for those who kill the torch bearers by accident too soon).

Side Quest
BEFORE doing this mission pick up the "Cities of Ascalon" quest from the scribe in Ascalon City. One of the "historical monuments" is located 2/3rds into this mission (just before opening the drawbridge), and the "Cities of Ascalon" quest is worth 1000xp, with a really easy follow up quest worth 2000xp.