[*]And kinda related, my game seems to have run out of lockpicks and I can't get Jahan to open the chest containing Ferol's poem with the lockpicking spell even with a point of lockpicking skill, so ended up having to break it open.[/list]
The key is actually in Esmeralda's house. And you can get to the back rooms where you will find it by grabbing the key from upstairs.
That's probably one of the less obvious ones, though...
