Ayan Baqur

At 60.0S, 88.0W on the far western shore of the Direlands, Ayan Baqur, despite it's isolation, is still one of the principal cities on Dereth and was founded during the Heroes' Respite event.
Ayan Baqur, often abbreviated as AB, has seen much turmoil over the years. It has been taken over by Virindi. It has seen countles incursions by ravening monsters from the surrounding Direlands, including visits from the fearsome White Rabbit. And it was camped for quite some time by a persistant Coral Golem Viceroy.
It remains important today, being a center of questing and the home of Ulgrim the Unpleasant.

Getting to Ayan Baqur

Ayan Baqur is an isolated community. There are no portals to AB from any town, nor any of the Portal Nexus Dungeons. There is, however, a portal in the chapterhouses of both the Ordina Rossu Morta and the Whispering Blade. As Ayan Baqur is a required stop to gain access to said chapterhouses, you will probably need to find somebody who can summon the portal for you at some point, or else risk the harrowing run through the Direlands.

There are two shortcuts for getting to Ayan Baqur:

Assuming you are in an allegiance with a mansion and the Black Spawn Den Portal Device, you can use this device to randomly be teleported to one of the three BSDs. There is one near Ayan Baqur at 56.6S, 86W. Ayan is just a short run to the southwest.
Head to Zaikhal. Run to the settlement portals at 12.7N, 1.7W. Take the Sharvale Settlement portal. From there, run to 12.8N, 12.2W to the Halls of Metos portal. This is a duplicate entrance portal to the Halls of Metos near Ayan Baqur. Take the surface portal which will drop you at 56S, 89.2W, just north of Ayan Baqur.

Portal Connections

Ayan Baqur sports portals to the Town Network, and Fort Tethana can be reached via the Colossus Foundary portal beneath the statue in the center of town.

It should also be noted that those who have completed the Gateway to the Deep quest can use the nearby portal as a short cut to the southern landbridge.

Those who have joined the ranks of the Whispering Blade can also use the nearby chapterhouse as a short cut to Silyun or the capitals of Cragstone, Hebian-To, and Qalaba'r. There is also a portal to Ayan Baqur which is one of the only places that you can portal-tie that drops you directly in town.

The Black Spawn Den Portal Device can also drop you close to AB.

Portals

To Ayan Baqur

Location	Coords	Destination	Coords	Restrictions
Rossu Morta Chapterhouse	69.7N, 62.3W	Ayan Baqur	59.9S, 87.9W	Quest Flag
Whispering Blade Chapterhouse	59.9S, 87.2W	Ayan Baqur	59.9S, 87.9W	Quest Flag

From Ayan Baqur

Location	Coords	Destination	Coords	Restrictions
Colossus Foundry	60.0S, 87.9W	Fort Tethana	1.7N, 71.2W	None
Ayan Baqur	58.9S, 88.7W	Yaraq Casino (VIP)	21.5S, 0.8W	No link, recall or summon
Ayan Baqur	58.9S, 88.7W	Shoushi Casino (VIP)	34.2S, 73.6E	No link, recall or summon
Ayan Baqur	58.9S, 88.7W	Holtburg Casino (VIP)	40.9N, 33.6E	No link, recall or summon
Ayan Baqur	60.3S, 90.7W	Gatekeepers	87.6S, 4.4W	130+, Quest Flag
Whispering Blade Chapterhouse	59.9S, 87.2W	Cragstone	--	Quest Flag
Whispering Blade Chapterhouse	59.9S, 87.2W	Hebian-To	--	Quest Flag
Whispering Blade Chapterhouse	59.9S, 87.2W	Silyun	--	Quest Flag
Whispering Blade Chapterhouse	59.9S, 87.2W	Qalaba'r	--	Quest Flag

Points of Interest

Landscape POIs

59.7S, 90.0W - Festival Stone of Darktide
59.0S, 88.5W - Carenzi Race Track
59.9S, 87.9W - Fountain in the center of town

Lifestones

59.0S, 88.4W - on the hill north of town

Dungeons

Dungeon	Coordinates	Wiki Map	ACmaps
Colossus Foundry	60.0S, 88.0W	--	5457
Whispering Blade Chapterhouse	59.9S, 87.2W	--	0081
Halls of Metos	56.0S, 89.2W	--	02F3
Black Spawn Den	56.6S, 86.0W	--	0105
Panopticon	59.1S, 84.1W	--	02A1

NPCs

NPC Name	Location	Type	Details
Aaminah	Town - 60.0S, 87.8W	Quest	Oswald's Dirk Quest, Heart of Innocence
Agent of the Arcanum	Town - 59.8S, 87.8W	Collector	Housing
Alishia bint Aldan	Town - 60.0S 87.8W	Quest	Augmentation Gems
Aludi al-Jaladh	Town - 60.7S, 88.0W	Quest	Drudge Aviator
Anfram Mellow	Town - 60.0S 87.8W	Quest	Augmentation Gems
Aun Aukherea	Town - 60.7S, 88.0W	Quest	Coral Golem Viceroy Kill Task
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden	Town - 60.7S, 88.0W	Quest	Dire Champions
Aun Khekierea	Town - 60.7S, 88.0W	Quest	Coral Golem Viceroy Kill Task
Berkholt the Burly Barkeep	Town - 59.7S, 88.0W, 1st floor	Shopkeeper	Rumors, food, drink
Carenzi Race Bookie	Town - 59.2S, 88.4W	Quest	Carenzi Race Track
Claude the Archmage	Town - 59.2S, 88.3W	Shopkeeper	Spell components, mana stones, alchemical items
Dionaea	Town - 59.7S, 88.0W	Quest	House Plants
Ellimar Jorning the Healer	Town - 60.0S, 87.8W, 2nd floor	Shopkeeper	Potions, healing kits, spell comps (potions only)
Ennio di Cinghalle	Town - 59.6S, 87.7W	Quest	Aerbax's Prodigal Banderling The Archivist Quest
Erik Festus	Town - 59.8S, 87.8W, basement	Quest	Augmentation Gems
Gaston Shadowbound	Town - 59.7S, 88.0W, 2nd floor	Quest	Investigate the Factions
Grand Master Scrivener of Creature Magic	Town - 59.9S, 88.2W, 2nd floor	Shopkeeper	Scrolls, foci
Grand Master Scrivener of Item Magic	Town - 59.9S, 88.2W, 2nd floor	Shopkeeper	Scrolls, foci
Grand Master Scrivener of Life Magic	Town - 59.9S, 88.2W, 1st floor	Shopkeeper	Scrolls, foci
Grand Master Scrivener of Void Magic	Town - 59.9S, 88.2W, 2nd floor	Shopkeeper	Scrolls, foci
Grand Master Scrivener of War Magic	Town - 59.9S, 88.2W, 1st floor	Shopkeeper	Scrolls, foci
Grocer Nihara bint Umar	Town - 59.7S, 88.0W, 1st floor	Shopkeeper	Containers, food, cooking items
Guard Bey	Town - 59.8S, 88.2W	Quest	Moarsmen on the Shores
Guard Q'alia	Town - 60.0S, 88.0W	Quest	Virindi Quidiox Kill Task
Guard Winterborn	Town - 59.7S, 87.8W	Quest	Aerbax's Prodigal Banderling
Harkwull the Discreet	Town - 59.7S, 88.0W, 1st floor	Quest	Whispering Blade Chapterhouse Access
Havala bint Mylos	Town - 60.1S, 87.9W	Quest	Composite Weapons Quest
Hoshar ibn Jalaq	Town - 59.6S, 88.0W	Quest	Splitting Grael (High), Mukkir Aspect of Grael
Ivory Crafter	Town - 60.0S, 88.1W	Collector	Collector of various ivory trophies
Jeweler Daryam ibn Zubed	Town - 59.8S, 88.1W	Shopkeeper	Gems, jewelry, lockpicks
Joku Shunja	Town - 60.1S, 88.0W, 2nd floor	Quest	Investigate the Factions
Laedron the Geomancer	Town - 59.9S, 88.0W	Quest	Tainted Ley Line Nodes
Leather Crafter	Town - 60.1S, 88.0W, 1st floor	Collector	Collector of various hides
Leopold	Town - 59.2S, 88.3W	Quest	Delving into Claude's Mind Masks
Lamorda Loschi	Town - 59.6S, 88.0W	Quest	Splitting Grael (Low)
Lydda	Town - 59.7S, 88.0W	Quest	Loyalty Reset Quest
Mekhmet	Town - 59.7S, 88.2W	Quest	Shade Iron
Merwart Mundagurg	Town - 59.7S, 88.2W	Quest	Tentacles of T'thuun
Qurakh al-Taal	Town - 59.9S, 87.9W	Quest	Investigate the Factions
Rohula bint Ludun	Town - 59.8S, 87.8W, basement	Quest	Augmentation Gems
Sang Nen-Kai the Weaponsmith	Town - 60.1S, 88.0W, 1st floor	Shopkeeper	Weapons
Scribe Muhiza bint Murqidh	Town - 60.0S, 87.8W, 1st floor	Shopkeeper	Guides
Shuthoth	Town - 60.1S, 87.7W	Quest	Gateway to the Deep
Soju Bo-Ki	Town - 59.6S, 88.0W	Quest	Splitting Grael (Mid)
Sung Wenxio the Armorer	Town - 60.1S, 88.0W	Shopkeeper	Armor
Tanami Kei	Town - 59.7S, 88.0W, 2nd floor	Quest	Ishaq's Lost Key Quest
Thiuda the Sharp-Eyed Bowyer	Town - 60.1S, 87.9W	Shopkeeper	Missle weapons, fletching supplies
Town Crier	Town - 59.9S, 87.8W	Misc	Provides rumors
Ulgrim the Unpleasant	Town - 59.7S, 88.0W	Quest	Rumors, Ulgrim's Recall Ulgrim's Drinking Contest
Vierana du Canamorra	Town - 60.0S, 87.8W, 1st floor	Quest	Investigate the Factions
Watcher of the Dead	Town - 60.1S, 88.1W	Quest	Clutch of Kings
Yuan Hanzu	Town - 60.1S, 87.9W	Quest	Composite Weapons Quest Composite Weapons Upgrade