Istan "child" masters quests

After you do the 3 child quests ( first bron , second etc ) it opens up a masters mini mission. In this it has a ton of undead but theres an NPC that must surive.

My question is , is it possible to solo / duo this in HM and keep him alive as well? I know dead swords arent overly valueable anymore but its more of a "can it be done"

been a while since I did that quest. If the NPC follows you involuntarily *cannot talk to him to get him to stop* probably not, if you can get him to stop following you, I think you could, never tried it though.

Yes it can be done as a 55 solo and at a guess u can duo farm it as well as ive solo this with 55 mo/n using ss.
The trick is to wall hug the righthand side and you can get past the npc without "activating" him. It can take several attempts to get used to the path past him but once found its easy.
If you do go 55 monk dont use Soj as it will slow u down due to enemy scattering and knockdowns - as ss its slightly faster but u still get some splitting