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Drax is a New Camp rogue and one of the first NPCs the player meets in the Nyras Prologue demo. He and his partner Ratford have set up a small camp outside the Exchange Zone, and they are the source of the demo's earliest quests.

Role in the Demo

Drax gives Nyras a scavenger-hunting quest that doubles as the combat tutorial for the demo's reworked Combat System. Completing his quest is one of the paths to earning a place at his campfire rather than being run off. The fight pacing in his quest is built around the demo's opening tier of melee training: short combos, deliberate parry windows, and committed attack animations that punish hasty inputs.

Rogue Alignment

Drax is a Rogue rather than a Mercenary. His work for the camp is about logistics and small-scale operations rather than frontline combat. That is why he is operating outside the camp's walls in the first place: rogues do the courier and scouting work that Lares coordinates.

Where He Fits in the Demo

Drax serves as the demo's combat-introduction NPC. His scavenger hunt is the natural starting quest for any first run through Nyras Prologue, and pairs with Ratford's missing-partner search to give the demo two distinct quest pacings: a fight-forward arc and a search-forward arc.

Main-game hunting and escort

In the main game, Drax camps with Ratford north of the Old Camp. Cross the north bridge, turn right and look for their firepit and tent among the trees. Give Drax a Beer to make his hunting lessons available. He also trades a Shortbow for the Hunter's Knife found on the early route with Diego; giving him the knife opens his offer to escort you to the New Camp.