I did things in this order:
Entered Dark Forest and got the ancient vase quest off the camping merchant.
Removed the sword in the stone for the first time. (I realized there was some sort of trickery going on, and assumed I'd just have to fight something powerful to get a large experience award & keep the sword.)
When I discovered that the ghost kept coming back, I tried putting the sword back in the stone to see if that would get rid of it, but it didn't seem to work.
Adventured outside of the Dark Forest for a few days.
Teleported to Warrior's Guild to quickly get to the Elven village to see what the merchant had in the way of a decent pair of gloves/gauntlets, only to discover all the elves were dead.
I assumed it must have had something to do with the elven-dwarven conflict, and me having gone past the gossiping elves one too many times without solving the traitorous dwarven mayor quests.
Carried on adventuring for a while, before finally going to get the vase for the merchant. Returned to find him dead (so that quest has failed <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />) and an elf who told me I had to put the sword back in the stone.
After about five attempts, I finally got the sword to go back in the stone (is that feature buggy, or am I just extremely clumsy? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> ) but all the elves are still dead.
Is there any way to bring them back to life in the game (without any coding or file modding) or are they dead for good?
Thanks in advance. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
/Bronthion is not amongst them as I have not entered the castle yet for the audience with Janus. As far as I know I don't need any of them alive, but I want the merchant back as he had some of the best stuff to buy, and also that elven bird who gives the amulet quest (which I messed up last time by not asking her about it).
