Talk:Beyond This Stony Cage/@comment-70.34.133.250-20130523135225/@comment-115.134.181.168-20130824080555

^ Yeah, I got it pretty much as soon as I reached Gran Soren and visited the Pawn guild. I did clear out one escort quest first though - Mercedes, from the inn's notice board. When I came back to Gran Soren, this one became available. Hadn't done any of the Wyrm Hunt quests at all in this NG+.

So I guess the prereq is do one other escort quest first. There should be a whole whackload of them at the inn. I think that's why the timing feels very tight for these quests: you only get to pick a couple of them. I certainly remember in my first playthrough noting them down and assuming I'll be able to knock them off one at a time, but iirc after my second escort quest the others were removed. TL;DR: make sure to only do the escort quests for the NPCs you want. They don't really give anything anyway, just an affinity boost. I wonder how that works for the one where you escort that pawn though (Barnaby), pretty sure a pawn can't become your LI.