Murkel's first destination was the Erupting Fist Clan, the place where he had grown up for 25 years—the place that taught him morals and raised him after he was taken in as an orphan.
Originally, he felt extremely indebted to the clan, even being given the position of the next Clan Head despite not being part of the original bloodline that started the clan.
This is why he thought they were great people. This is why he believed they would have come and helped him stop the beasts from the portals. So, he wanted answers to his questions.
'Before, when I was seeing through the eyes of the hybrid, or really my own eyes, I could see that the world of Pagna had changed. They even talked about a Dark Faction that didn't exist during my time, and the people in charge were unfamiliar to me.'