A New Escort

Overview
Summary
 * 1) Meet Merchant Orek and the caravan in Drazach Thicket.
 * 2) Escort Merchant Orek and the caravan to Saint Anjeka's Shrine.
 * 3) See Merchant Orek for your reward.

Obtained From
 * Yuri Vasburg in Brauer Academy

Reward
 * 3,000 XP
 * 750 Kurzick Faction
 * 250 Gold
 * Equipment Requisition

Dialogue
 * "Friend, I'm in a terrible lurch, and I could really use your help. My companions and I were tasked with protecting the merchant caravan that brings supplies and wares into House zu Heltzer.  With the war against the Luxons heating up, my uncle, Baron Vasburg, felt that there was a greater need for us on the front lines.  I'm supposed to take my men and meet up with him immediately, but I just don't fell right leaving the caravan out there without an escort... I'd be signing their death warrents.  If you'd meet up with Merchant Orek and the caravan in Drazach Thicket, and serve as their escort, I'd feel a lot better about leaving.  And I'm sure my uncle would be very grateful."

Walkthrough
The trick of this quest is the merchants. If Merchant Orek dies, the quest will be failed. Unless you are a really low level or attempting to solo, the monsters you encounter to the Saint Anjeka's Shrine should be no problem. Remember that the Wardens of Earth spell, 'Churning Earth' does a lot of Area Damage so you should interrupt that if you can. As you get close to Saint Anjeka's Shrine you will encounter a lot of Dragon Mosses. Do not try to kill them (unless you're with a human party.) Try running away from them. Merchant Orek and the other merchants can easily die at this part.

I have found the best way to do this is to work backward. Plan out your route first. Then, map travel to Saint Anjeka's Shrine and kill ALL of the Dragon Mosses. It should be easy since you don't need to worry about any merchants dying. Don't worry about dying, just respawn and go back to the Dragon Mosses if you haven't finished them off. Keep going until you reach Braur Academy, killing any monsters you find on your route there. The quest should be easy now as you killed all the monsters beforehand.

Note that there MAY be a bug in this quest. When I tried killing all the Dragon Mosses first, after I finished them off and all the monsters on my route, I talked to Merchant Orek. I talked to him a second time and the prompt box for accepting a reward appeared. I didn't have to escort them at all! (June 9th: Bug still there.)