The Lone Raider

Overview
Summary
 * 1) Meet Rahlon and the village men in Mehtani Keys.
 * 2) Chase down the corsair and stop him before he makes it back to his friends.
 * 3) See Rahlon for your reward.

Obtained from
 * Elder Olunideh in Kodlonu Hamlet

Requirements
 * Nightfall character

Reward
 * 1,500 XP
 * 125 Gold
 * 15 Sunspear Promotion Points
 * Battle Commendation

Dialogue
 * "Did you see him? Rahlon saw a corsair in the fields of Issnur Isles and chased him right though the village! Rahlon is no match for a corsair, especially if that scoundrel has friends nearby. As a Sunspear, it is your duty to protect us. Please meet Rahlon in the Mehtani Keys and help him chase down that man. I can spare a few locals to help you."
 * Accept: "We must hurry before the corsair gets away!"
 * Decline: "Chase down a corsair? Forget it! He's long gone by now."

Intermediate Dialogue 1 (Rahlon)
 * "Elder Olunideh sent you? Good,I wouldn't want to face that corsair on my own. He looked like a nasty little man. I'm sure you'll be able to handle him though. He's been sneaking around our village and I'm sure it's not for a good reason. I saw him heading off to the south just a minute ago. If we hurry, we should be able to catch him before he gets back to his ship."

Reward Dialogue
 * "Well, he won't be causing any more trouble, but I wonder if there is more of his kind out here. It doesn't make sense that a scoundrel of that sort'd be alone."

Followup
 * Corsair Invasion

Walkthrough

 * It is possible to out-sneak the sneaky corsair and ambush him. Once entering the map, take your party on a wide arc through the waters to the south, swinging around the small island and the two rock formations on the first large island. Head north-east towards the bridge, clearing out any creatures in your path. Once you reach the bridge, begin heading back north-west towards the sneaky corsair, moving slowly to clear out anything in your path. Once you trigger the sneaky corsair, he will run directly into your group. A crippling attack is useful to slow his progress, but not mandatory, as a full group will likely overwhelm him. If you have difficulty keeping Rahlon alive, you may delay talking with him until after you kill the sneaky corsair.


 * Another way if cripple skills are not available is to kill the boss, Commander Werishakul, at the end of the Sneaky Corsair's path show above. The 'Sneaky Corsair' will have no target to contact at the end of his run. Running through the path killing all the obstructions moves the contact counters (green stars) well past the double bridge bottleneck so he will actually start very close to the end, as long as the boss is dead you should have no problems completing this quest.

Note

 * The 'Sneaky Corsair' will now spawn (and run away) regardless of whether you have talked to Rahlon or not.


 * Occasionally, a bug will cause Rahlon to not notice the death of the Sneaky Corsair. In this case, the only option is to re-do the quest as going to the next counter will trigger off the next and you will eventually fail the mission as well.


 * If you are having trouble keeping Rahlon alive, you do not need to talk to Rahlon at the beginning of the quest. Just follow the Sneaky Corsair and kill him, and the objectives will jump to the reward.


 * It is not necessary to keep Rahlon alive. If he is dead when you complete the quest, preventing you from turning it in, simply map back to Kodlonu Hamlet, then step out into Mehtani Keys again, where you will find Rahlon waiting for you. He will give you the reward immediately and not require you to do the quest again.