The First Berserker: Khazan: NPC Locations & Interactive Tracking Guide

The First Berserker: Khazan populates every mission area with named characters — story allies who follow Khazan's campaign across multiple maps, functional hub residents who enable upgrades and crafting, and minor characters who trigger cutscenes or unlock rewards before vanishing.

The NPC guide below tracks all of them: every appearance of every named character, their exact position in each area, what happens when spoken to, and which interactions unlock Side Missions, reward items, or advance the story.

All NPC positions have been added to our First Berserker: Khazan interactive maps.

What the NPC Guide Covers in The First Berserker: Khazan

Three categories of NPC appear across the guide.

Story NPCs are named characters tied directly to the campaign — Tristan, Yulian, Elamein, Lantimos, Bellerian, Adrick, Xilence, and others who reappear across multiple maps as the story progresses.

Post-boss NPCs are the mission-exit triggers — in every boss arena, at least one NPC spawns after the boss is defeated and must be spoken to in order to return to The Crevice hub; missing this interaction leaves Khazan stranded until the NPC is found.

Hub NPCs are the permanent residents of The Crevice and Realm of the Living Crevice — Merchants, Daphrona, Qazumaka, Bellerian, and others who arrive progressively as the campaign advances.

Recurring Story NPCs: Where They Appear Throughout the Campaign

• Tristan — Khazan's loyal aide, present in the boss rooms of Palemion Citadel, Forgotten Underground Canal - Pavel's Final Words, Linon Mine, Sentinels' Fortress - Last Sentinel, Vaisar Gate, Ivy Annex, Front of the Village Stone Gate - Remnants of Chaos (gives Elamein's Ring after Tanya), and Realm of the Living Crevice after the Traitor Revealed main mission.

• Yulian — appears in Rephalan Mountains, Lake City Aldevir (bridge start and boss area), Mine No. 2 Workyard - Escaping Linon Mine (×2), Path to the Camp - Last Command (×2), Linon Mine boss area, Realm of the Living Crevice, and Outskirts of Vitalon.

• Elamein — one of the most present story characters: Palemion Citadel, Skoffa Cave (×2 — starting area and Aratra's boss room, where she joins the fight and lands the killing blow), El Ravaca Village (taken in the opening cutscene, then found in the boss room), Nadin Quarry (×2), Phraugh Village (upper floor after Volbaino), and Realm of the Living Crevice.
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• Daphrona — the Soulstone upgrader, who first appears in Embars Ruins and then becomes a permanent hub resident. Also appears as the mission-completion NPC for the Transcendental Sword and Charon's Chains side missions. Her most consequential appearance is in the Imperial Palace.

• Blade Phantom — the entity possessing Khazan, found in every story boss arena from Embars Ruins onward. His The Crevice position is the first interaction in the hub — speak to him immediately on arriving to unlock the first side mission.

The Daphrona Final Boss Choice: A Warning Before Imperial Palace

The most consequential NPC interaction in the game is hidden in Imperial Palace before reaching Ozma. Daphrona appears down the stairs near the breakable candle holders. The dialogue gives Khazan a choice:

• "I will have my revenge" — unlocks a shortened Ozma fight reduced from three phases to two. Easier, but skips a significant portion of the final confrontation's story content.
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• Any other choice — the full three-phase Ozma fight proceeds with the complete story resolution, true ending context, and access to all Collection Items related to the Ozma narrative.

The checklist entry below explicitly recommends against the shortened path for first-time players. All three of the game's endings — Normal, Truth, and Chains of Fate — are still accessible through the full fight route.

The shortened route saves time at the cost of the story's most significant narrative beats, documented in the Trophy guide for players navigating ending-specific trophies.

Critical NPC Interactions and Missable Rewards

• Hengie (Spider's Tomb - Blacksmith's Heirloom) — appears on the upper ledge after defeating Bearius. Speak to him for a reward before selecting travel to the Realm of the Living Crevice.
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• Adrick (Path to the Camp - Last Command) — found down the stairs after defeating Sergei. Speaking to Adrick provides Khazan's helm reward — a missable piece of gear tied to the prisoner rescue storyline.

• Quimuk (Stormpass) — the Shaman who saves Khazan in the opening. She appears a second time in Stormpass during the Phantom of Combat side mission (second visit only) — her second Stormpass position is only accessible during that revisit and not on the main campaign pass through the area.

• Boris and Evelyn (Outskirts of Vitalon - Disobedience) — both found behind a locked gate. Boris becomes Cursed Boris — the boss of the Disobedience side mission. Both can be spoken to through the gate before the mission is accepted, providing backstory context not available after the fight begins.

Hub NPCs: The Crevice and Realm of the Living Crevice

The hub NPC roster expands throughout the campaign. Daphrona, Quimuk, Tristan, Yulian, Elamein, and Bellerian all join the Realm of the Living Crevice at specific story milestones — their arrival positions are pinned separately from their in-mission encounters.

Bellerian arrives after the Rephalan Mountains main mission and can be found next to the stairs on the central plateau.

Oksana appears in Silent Temple - Kaleido after a specific elite enemy encounter and teleports to The Crevice — her mid-mission position is tracked in the NPC guide alongside her Crevice location.

Danjin appears in the Imperial Palace at a ruined wall — a late-campaign field appearance separate from his Crevice shop location.