I'm at the part of the game where you have just spoken to Zandalor for the first time, and you're set off to go find the tower in the valley. Soon after, I was running down the road and noticed there was a troll standing in the middle of it. I approached, and a cutscene plays where Merrill laments the fact that he can't handle the monster, and the camera spins around the troll while the text of Merrill speaking and cursing Louis appears at the bottom of the screen.
Problems:
1) There is no audio during this. No voices, no fighting sounds.
2) There is no animation from the troll (other than its idle animation of standing there).
3) Merrill and company are not actually there. There's nobody there except the troll.
4) The troll just stands there for eternity. It never attacks anyone or anything, and it can't be attacked or interacted with in any way.
I reloaded from a previous save that was prior to the big "meeting the last dragon knight" scene where she turns you into a dragon. After going through that scene and talking to Zandalor again, the bug is still persisting.
I did a search on these forums and found that someone else had a similar issue where only one of the drunks shows up and dies, but the troll remains "friendly", but in my case.. NOBODY shows up. What could have possibly caused this? Also, Anthony, one of the guys who is supposed to die at this scene, is still hanging out in town.
I guess what I really want to know is: Am I missing out on anything other than getting to kill this troll? Are there any followup quests or anything I should worry about this having an effect on?
Thanks.