Online:Anjan

Anjan
Location	Near Rain Catcher Fields
Race	Redguard	Gender	Male
Health	39,959
Reaction	Friendly

Anjan

Anjan is a Redguard found near Rain Catcher Fields.

Related QuestsEdit

• The Nature of Fate: Help an old Redguard test the winds of fate.

Quest-Related EventsEdit

Near the Rain Catcher Fields, behind Jahi's Home, you'll find a grey-headed Redguard kneeling in the desert, he'll say "Can fate change, I wonder?":

Speaking to him:

"Do you believe in fate, my friend? What if I said I was sitting here all my life waiting for you to come? That would be absurd, wouldn't it?
No … fate led both of us here at the perfect moment, and I can prove it."

How can you prove it?

"In exactly just a few moments, a wind storm will appear right over there, and you, my friend … you will race it across the desert."

How do you know this?

"Because it is my fate to come here and tell you this, just as it was another's fate to tell me mine, and yet another's before that.
Your fate is to race the storm and to win. The question is … are these fates fixed? Will you help me test this?"

Yes. I will help you test this.

"The winds gather even now. The storm will appear here any moment—when it does, you must race. Follow the trail of the blue flames and reach the final flame before the storm does.
Are you ready to test your fate, my friend?"

I am ready to race./All right. I'm ready to race.

"Then if fate is to be believed, the winds are ready as well.
Run quickly, my friend … or do not … either way we will have our answer."

I have a question first.

"So you do, and if our fates are true, the wind will wait.
I will answer your questions if I can, but know that I am no wise man. I am a dockworker. I only grew this beard and adorned myself so because the woman told me it was my fate to do this."

You just accepted your fate on blind faith?

"No. The woman told me to come out to the desert, find someone I had never met, and observe this strange race.
I thought she was crazy, but then I thought about it, and my curiosity won out. And now I believe … because look … you are here!"

How did this woman know to tell you this?

"It seems that someone else told her that it was her fate to approach me and send me out here. It was yet another person before that … leading back in an endless chain ….
That's only if it's all true, of course … but that is what we will test."

Couldn't I just walk away and prove it's all a lie?

"I do not know. Can you?
Even if you can, though, does that mean fate is changeable, or does it mean that you have strayed from your destined path? Perhaps fate is not damaged by this. Perhaps it would be your loss to bear."

You'll now need to try to outrun the wind.

If you try to speak to him while the storm is happening, he will urge you to race:

"Go! Run! Why are you talking to me?
Fate does not sit idly by, and neither should you."

If you fail to beat the wind, you'll be directed to return to Anjan:

"Hm. I suppose that answers the question. Our fates are no more fixed than the wind that blows across these dunes.
Unless … do you think maybe that was not the right wind storm? Do you believe that maybe there is another … just about to appear?"

Yes. What is it you want me to do?

"The winds gather even now..." <Repeats from above>

Wait a minute. Is that really fair?

"I do not know. Is it? Is there even another wind storm to race?
I am not sure what to believe. What do you believe?"

I believe another storm is coming.

"Then I do too.
Let us wait and see what happens. If a storm appears, I suggest you run faster this time … or do not … perhaps it is our fate to do this over and over again for all time …?"

Again you'll need to outrun the storm.

If you succeed...

"It is true! It is all true! You won the race!
Our fates are unavoidable! Do you know what this means? Do you realize the full extent of this?"

What does it mean?

"It means … it means … what does it mean?
I had it all figured out. Something very important, very profound … but now … I can't remember. I'm going to stay here until I remember."

"I have much to ponder now. Do you have further questions of me, my friend?"

I'm not sure this test proved your claims.

"But you ran against the storm … you won! You saw it just as I did.
Wait a minute. I think I know what this is about. Did Hadoon send you?"

Who is Hadoon?

"He is a good friend, but he thought this fate business was all nonsense.
The woman had prescribed his fate as well, but he did not believe it. Nonetheless, I believe he did go into the desert to see. Perhaps you should seek him out."

So you really think fate determines every action we take?/Do you really think fate determines every action we take?

"Yes, and every thought we think. Our lives are the shadows fate casts on the sand. Do not fear this truth.
Think of fate as your constant companion. To glimpse upon fate is to see what unites us all."