Your NPCs kill all target mobs (minus two spawn points) in your first quest before you take the big first steps to the right. I mean I know we are testing, but geesh, this was not a good first impression of the Dunir zone.
replying to myself… as you walk down the path you find more of the quest mobs. You don't get the sense of this due to how the quest circle looks at the start and how it is represented on your mini map.