Seeking the Seer Problem

I hope I didn't miss a post on this while searching.

I just got to Droknar's and went out to do the Seeking the Seer mission.
The problem I'm running into is that the 1st scout I'm supposed to talk to is dead by the time I get to him.

The first time I went out there was simply nothing at the marker.
THe second time I ran over that way only to see the guy getting killed.
THe third time I Sprinted there and he dropped before I could get to him.

Is this NORMAL or some glitch?

Any helpful info would be deeply appreciated.

yeah he's usually dead, i only made it to him once out of at least 5 tries (and i didn't try again after it so it might have taken me a lot more tries after that had I not gotten there)

I managed to catch him on my second run last night. Just left my NPC's to fight the first lot of mobs and ran past everything else to talk with him before going back to the battle.
The other scouts you get sent to talk to after the 2nd are in safer spots!