Maybe it's because you are playing Godwoken? The boss fight of that quest does have a skill that require your char remaining dead in front of him anyway for him to use it.
I actually find the encounter to be fun and challenging too if you want to try and beat it. The amount of work you have to put into spreading the damage and figuring out how to make it possible to keep all enemies permanently CC'd in only 4 turns before run out of evasive aura is amusing.
The fast travel and pyramid do ruin the quest though if you use it but having a choice is better than none. Although I choose to do it solo for the sake of enjoyment, some probably don't want to go through the trouble that can potentially get them stuck permanently.
Fane was left standing by himself and he says something like... "I think some of our party members are missing" .
I like how Red Prince will just insult the party member that gets captured.
