Nahpui Quarter (mission)

Objectives
Defeat the Celestial creatures to become Closer to the Stars.
 * Defeat Kaijun Don, the Celestial Kirin.
 * Defeat Kuonghsang, the Celestial Turtle.
 * Defeat Hai Jii, the Celestial Phoenix.
 * Defeat Tahmu, the Celestial Dragon.

Primary
You will have to defeat the four Celestials:


 * Hai Jii - Phoenix (Mesmer; point 1)
 * Tahmu - Dragon (Elementalist; point 2)
 * Kuonghsang - Turtle (Necromancer; point 3)
 * Kaijun Don - Kirin (Monk; point 4)

Portals from Left to Right

Only the 4 bosses need to be killed; most of the other foes should be bypassed. The Map Area window indicates the location of the four Celestials using star icons. The route shown on the map has the fewest mobs between the bosses (not the shortest route). You can take them in any order.
 * Kaijun Don - Kirin (Monk; Portal 1)
 * Kuonghsang - Turtle (Necromancer; Portal 2)
 * Tahmu - Dragon (Elementalist; Portal 3)
 * Hai Jii - Phoenix (Mesmer; Portal 4)

When a Celestial is killed, analogous essences (Essence of Dragon, Essence of Phoenix, Essence of Turtle, and Essence of Kirin) will spawn at scores of fixed locations throughout the mission, including at Tengu spawn and all the Boss locations. The mission thus becomes harder as more bosses are killed. A slain Essence will respawn when a party member comes near its spawn point at least three minutes after it was killed. Star Tengu and Celestials do not respawn.

The essences do not leave exploitable corpses and Essences of Turtle exploit the Tengu corpses quickly. The Mission area is 3-dimensional with foes near your route (above on a ledge or below a bridge) that are routinely avoided, but against whome your minions will engage and be left behind. Therefore, Minion Masters are far less viable here then elsewhere, although they are still useful.

Pulling is very effective in this mission since groups are small and co-located. Each Celestial is guarded by several Star Tengu in addition to spawned essences. For the areas around the later bosses its better to pull and defeat the Star Tengu first to give your group more time to defeat the foes and leave the area before the essences respawn. Its better to save the boss for last since its death will immediately spawn essenses in that location.

The monks are smiting monks, so they won't bring heavy healing to slow you down. Star Lights do have significant healing capabilities and are high priority targets.

The party is in serious trouble in near-wipe retreat situations, since essences are likely to spawn near an otherwise safe retreat spot. This fact and the tight Master's reward time means parties are better off being dominated with offense to wipe groups quickly, along with burst defense such as Aegis.

The mission ends when you kill the final Celestial, so you can focus fire on the last boss and ignore many other mobs around it attacking you; if perhaps you are about to lose the Master's reward.

If you have difficulty with the mission, completing the mission is much easier if you clear all of the Star Tengu along your route, disenage before killing any of the bosses, then backtack killing the bosses. This way, you will never have to pull apart the Tengu and the Essences that spawn on top of them. Taking this approach will cost you master's reward, however.

One of the most common mistakes by amateurs in PUGs is miscommunication over which portal to go through at the start of the mission. If a member goes through a different portal to the rest of their party they will be separated from them and will not be able to rejoin them unless the party fights its way to the missing member. Make sure all members of the party know which portal you plan to go through before beginning the mission.

Master's reward
It does take a reasonably brisk pace to get master's reward in this mission, but it's quite doable even with only one player and seven relatively defensive henchmen.

It is recommended that one start with the Kirin (location 4) and work towards the Phoenix (location 1), although it is possible to work from the Phoenix to the Kirin.

Notable shortcuts are visible on the attached Map. Take note of the path between locations 3 and 2 as well as the sharp turn to the North at location 2, the dragon. With going north here, up to three minutes can be shaved off of the time as there are fewer monsters to deal with (29 instead of 50). Nevertheless most groups will take the obvious path instead.

If short on time when you reach the final boss, you can charge in, focus fire on it, and try to kill it quickly enough. Killing the final boss completes the mission, even if you would have wiped shortly thereafter.

Hard mode
The forty minutes allowed for master's reward are vastly more time than the mission takes, even at a slow pace. The major time constraint is not forty minutes for master's reward, but rather, getting out of the way before essences respawn three minutes after they are killed.

Note that mobs do not come in large linked groups. Rather, large clusters of mobs after two or three bosses are dead are several separate groups and can be pulled apart. It is vital that you pull mobs apart rather than charging into them. If you pull only a few mobs at a time, the mission is easy, but eight or nine at a time can and probably will wipe your group.

You may be able to pull the final boss away from many of the mobs that accompany it without having to clear them all if you eschew melee and area attacks that make mobs run away. Alternatively, you can clear all of the mobs around the final boss before engaging it, though this will likely require you to kill the last group of essences before the boss again when they respawn. The other option is to clear many of the mobs around the final boss, then move up and spike it down so that you can be out of the way when mobs behind you respawn.

NPCs

 * 10 (20) Adept Nai

Monsters

 * Tengu
 * 20 (26) Star Blade
 * 20 (26) Star Sentinel
 * 20 (26) Star Light
 * Celestials
 * 20 (26) Essence of Dragon
 * 20 (26) Essence of Kirin
 * 20 (26) Essence of Phoenix
 * 20 (26) Essence of Turtle

Bosses - elite skill captures

 * 22 (29) Kaijun Don - Signet of Judgment
 * 22 (29) Kuonghsang - Grenth's Balance
 * 22 (29) Hai Jii - Lyssa's Aura
 * 22 (29) Tahmu - Lightning Surge

Inside the mission
Adept Nai: ''The celestials and their guardians have been summoned. You must defeat them if you wish to become Weh no Su.''

Upon the destruction of a celestial, its essence will spread, creating countless smaller celestials that will endlessly return, much like the stars in the night sky.

The difficulty of this task increases with each celestial you encounter, since you will face not only that celestial, but the essence of those you have already defeated, as well as the celestials' guardians.

''Pass through an orb to begin your trial. You will find yourself transported to a location near a celestial you must defeat.''

End Cinematic
Suun: I see that I have underestimated you.



Suun: ''Forgive my harshness. There are those who take the power of the stars for granted.''



Suun: I see you have encountered them already.



Suun: The Ministry are nothing more than an overfed bunch of paper pushers.

Good for little other than playing parlor tricks at a Naga cub's birthday party.

Well, you'll understand then when I don't welcome all of those who come looking to become Closer to the Stars.

''Now you will excuse me. I have much work to do.''



Suun: Go talk to an Adept!

Dead Man: Are you an Envoy?

Shiro Tagachi: Yes.

Dead Woman: Are you here to take us to Eternal Paradise?

Shiro Tagachi: You're not going to Paradise.

Dead Woman: What are you going to do with us?

Shiro Tagachi: I'm going to make you into my soldiers.

You're going to fight for me.

Dead Man: ''We won't do it. You can't make us.''

Shiro Tagachi: You will do whatever I tell you.

Kneel!

Bow before your new master.

Follow-up

 * Upon completion of the mission players will find themselves in Senji's Corner.
 * To continue the storyline, take the quest To Tahnnakai Temple.

Trivia

 * In a popular Taoist / Chinese Creation story, Pangu is aided in the task of separating the earth from the sky for eighteen thousand years by four most prominent beasts, namely the Turtle, the Kirin, the Phoenix, and the Dragon.