hellchyldx
certainly you have every right to be distressed over not being allowed to complete all quests. i suffered the same problem with this particular quest, as well as not being able to complete the 'who murdered george'. seems i'd already sent mardaneus along to the council before finishing it and bringing him (mardaneus) the news, and it's too late if he's already in council. this was frustrating too.
thankfully, neither of these really mattered in the overall completion, and in truth, i actually DID complete the quests, they just never turned 'green'.
just as raze said, this is rather inconsequential in the scope of things.
it's just NOT inconsequential to you. and that is understandable - especially when you're not sure if this will keep you from getting something else important later on.
you bring up very valid (if loud) critisisms, things i have no doubt they'll take into account with the new game(s).
i hope you enjoy the rest of divine divinity. there's a lot of fun yet to come!
and actually, you sound a bit like me - i don't think there are but a couple specks of black (fog of war) left on any map, and i seriously doubt there's a single living bad guy! [would this qualify as an*l?] <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> i too like 'completion'. so i understand.
