Don't Kill the Messenger

In this world it’s not always certain that a message will reach its recipient… as I found out once while travelling through a forest.

During the daytime, you can use Compel Soul on the corpse of the man. There are three items nearby that serve as Catalysts:

Objective	Text
Follow the footprints using Focus Mode	I found a set of unusual footprints leading from a destroyed camp deeper into the forest. Am I curious enough to follow them?
Defeat the uriashi soldier	I’ve stumbled upon an uriashi soldier beating on what looks like a human body. If I want to find out what happened, I must defeat the uriash.
Investigate the area using Focus Mode	I’ve found a destroyed camp by the roadside. What happened here?
Interrogate the dead man using Compel Soul Witchcraft Ability	The man is dead… but it doesn’t mean I can’t get some information out of him.
Inspect the area around the body using Focus Mode	Who is the man the uriashi soldier was beating up? I should inspect the body.
Defeat the uriashi soldier	I don’t know who the man on the ground is or why the uriash was beating him up – but I have to defend myself.
Follow the trail	While walking down a road, I noticed a few arrows stuck in the ground and some blood. Looks like someone had been shot at… but who?

Outcome	Text
1	I found the corpse of a man who was delivering a coded message to the manumits. Although he was killed by an uriash soldier, at least the missive didn’t end up with the vrakhiri.
2	In the end, I never found out what really happened.

X: 19877 Y: 19993

Walk along the road and spot the arrows in the ground to trigger the Don’t Kill the Messenger quest.

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