Aaaah, nothing like working your butt off on a quest escorting a guy to point B, when he decides to run off to the next team of mobs and die while the team that was escorting him lags far behind..
I'd suppose this is more of a bug, as several quests are affected by this [First mainland mission with Togo/Mhenlo making a break for it, Lost Treasure quest at starter isle]
Anyways, FIX PLEASE.
Add a leash onto escort quest/mission NPCs
Kaguya