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My thanks as well - I also didn't think to look out of the White March zones and was pretty confused.

hmmm I guessed this was the issue. You are in the mage's keep where a band of mercenaries are attacking him and threatening to do the same with Caed Nua right? That map is for higher level parties. I tried attacking it with my level 12 party and I was having a hard time facing more than 3 enemies at once. That map is designed for higher level parties. There are enemies scouting, so when you start a fight with say 2-3 enemies, then 1 or 2 more join the fun. Also there was a type of mercenary that produced duplicates. Not one...2-3 of them each! I was facing two of them so 5-6 duplicates all of the sudden. I will try it again after I get better gear and higher level. Ps: Playing on Path of the Damned. Yeah, that one map is like nightmare mode. I went there first because the quest text made it sound like I should deal with it asap but at level 12 I was having a hell of a hard time surviving each fight. Between the duplicating mercs and the patrols, it's really easy to get overwhelmed and wipe. I ended up bailing out before I cleared the area outside the keep but for a while I was wondering if my game was set on some sort of secret insanity difficulty. Guess I'll come back to it later.