Typo of the day is soughtward (for an intended southward). Seems like it ought to mean something—“in the direction of seeking”, maybe.
“He never found what he was seeking soughtward; he only found it when he stopped looking.”
Or maybe a soughtward is one who guards the object of a quest.
“Before you can reach the Thing-Unreachable you must confront the Seven Soughtwards of the Questing Path.”