Balahn suggests Aloy speak with Zaid to learn more about the incident. Balahn reveals that Nakoa attempted to kill Zaid, who is stationed at Daytower as a prefect. Aloy prevails in battle and ultimately persuades Balahn to reopen the gate for her passage.Īfter speaking with Solai in Mother's Crown, Aloy will ask Balahn whether Nakoa passed through Daytower.

Indeed, two such machines appear at the gate, along with the cause of their corruption: a heretofore unknown machine that came to be known as a Corruptor. When Aloy is made a Seeker and tasked with traveling to Meridian, she discovers that the gate leading to the outpost is closed on Captain Balahn's orders following the spread of corrupted machines through the Sacred Lands. Years after the raids, however, he was killed by Nakoa, the daughter of a Nora man he had murdered.Īssociated Quests A Seeker at the Gates (Main Quest) With the end of the Red Raids, all personnel who had been involved were expelled from the Carja military, but Zaid managed to avoid this by covering up his involvement and thus was appointed as a prefect and stationed at Daytower. Zaid had garnered a reputation for particularly egregious cruelty in these raids in a raid on Mother's Rise, he brutally murdered and mutilated the father of two siblings. But unlike Balahn, Zaid had been an active participant in the Red Raids, commanding a unit that had frequently invaded the Sacred Lands, and raided Nora settlements. The outpost was also the station of prefect Zaid, another Carja captain. He instructed Balahn to ensure the respectful treatment of the Nora by the Carja military, a task which Balahn performed conscientiously and willingly. The outpost was most frequently used for the transshipment of captured Nora.Īfter the Red Raids ceased due to the overthrow of their instigator, the 13th Sun-King Jiran, his successor Avad appointed Balahn, a Carja captain, as the commander of the outpost. Daytower's elevated position offers a good view of the surrounding valleys.Ĭurrently, the settlement serves as a trading post and waystation, marking one end of the Way of Broken Stones.Īfter Khuvadin's unsuccessful attempt to expand Carja territory into the Sacred Land, Daytower was constructed as a means to monitor the Nora tribe.ĭuring the Red Raids, Daytower was used as a transshipment point for captives to be taken to Meridian for human sacrifice.

The climate of the area is much like that of the rest of the Sacred Lands, leaving a thin layer of snow over much of the area. Daytower is the eastern edge of the Sundom, located directly north of the gate of the same name.

Tower of frozen shadow map