Mac, 10.8.5, Steam version for the moment, installed in a non default location. I noticed with another game that this information might actually be important.
lol, finding out about missing stuff without knowing about it is rather difficult

I just realised that there really are supposed to be imps at the homestead when Zixzax talks about them being a nuisance. Well, in my games there aren't any imps at the homestead...ever.
I started to think something was wrong when I ran into the Watch at the knights tomb. In my first game, I just sent them to Cyseal but this time I sent them to the homestead and I now found them, standing all by their lonesome (because there are no imps), not responding to attempts to talk to them.