Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - Bugs & Technical Problems [Bug] NPCs disappeared from Abandoned Camp (Act1)

Hey guys, so I recently got Divinity OS2 on GoG and I went and played almost the entire Act 1. I was about to start the final quest, but did not talk to Gareth yet after all the Seekers moved to the "Abandoned Camp".

Then I discovered that Ice Dragon and thought "better do that quest first". Long story short, I did the quest, beat the enemies (which was a tough fight) and then went back.

Just to find out that every NPC magically disappeared from the camp. They are not in the camp, not back at the Shrine and not with the magisters down at the docks. No idea where they went.

Now I'm obviously worried the quest bugged out. I don't want to miss any content down the line. Can anyone maybe help me?

I appreciate any advice.

Same problem. Playing on hard and not sure I can do it without their help.

So apparently everything is fine. The NPCs did not glitch out or anything. They will appear for your normally in the story once you finished the final attack. It's still kind of confusing that they disappeared without a word. Especially since I reloaded older saves where they were still there and there they also disappeared. So I really suspect that this is a bug that is triggered by you doing something in game. Like maybe taking on another quest or finishing it, or leaving camp or something.

I also found the final fight to be rather easy.
My crew is level 8 I think, just as a reference.