I think that this is the start of the game it will drive people on youtube, forums and so on. You just want to find that mage and get distrated by all petty problems like that cats love intrest story. I mean guys i love all that stuff, but i also love to finish stuff and i hate it when i have to find something basic while getting 20 quests. I think thats a horrible start for an RPG. Something like a huge mega quest hub with 100 people to talk to is something for mid game, but not something for the first 30mins of playing.
After playing additional 30 minutes i still couldnt find him. I hate it.
