Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) General Elves dropping dead when i leave fui nimble?

just completed the 3 ceremonial item quest, to get bronthion in the council, and as i leave the town, all the key characters just drop dead, the ones left standing appear to be the ones no one cares about ie. 'ranger' etc. what the bugger is going on... pretty sure ive patched it up to the max.
help!

You pulled the magic sword out of it´s stone and so released a gret danger to dark forest. This ghost kills all NPC´s in dark forest except for the one who is necessary for the main quest.

Therefore you miss quite a bunch of side quests and a good merchant.
If you have a savegame privious to pulling ot the sword use this one. Otherwise continue, you still we be able to beat the game.

This sword has made me unstoppable!
i consider those elves expendable <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />
thanks for clearing that up for me. very confusing.
more warning about what the sword would do might have been nice

There is a warning in the quest log, assuming you check it. If you run away from the stone, an elf should approach and warn you to return the sword, but if you teleport away this does not happen.