yeah i logged in yesterday morning after maintenance, worked fine cause it was just reset. Went to bed, woke up, logged in and proceeded to the bridge. Sure enough the NPC was missing and im like.. Yup, broken.
now i accidently discovered on the last last maintenance, if you AOE kill the Monster Spawns the escort npc just pauses for like.. 1 min. if no one does the parade and the NPC's make it to the Abbey and Mr and Ms Pumpkin spawn, they pretty much attack eachother for a while and when they disappear (the NPC cant be killed) it still stays in Combat, and whats nearby? bats. Almost respawns instantly if an actual toon doesn't kill them and doesnt loot the bodies. but the NPC still was stuck due to the fact it was in the graves.