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So I think I royally screwed up in terms of what to do first in my first playthrough of the game. I've missed out on a good chunk of the main story and am unsure of what to do next. Beware there are MAJOR spoilers below that document a massive chunk of the game. Peek at your own risk.

So to explain the whole situation, I need to start from almost the beginning. When I first got to the Cyseal, I spoke to everyone I could before venturing off into the wilds. When I met up with Evelyn, and found out about that little side quest with Boris and Steve and how you could only save one, I reverted to an earlier save and kept from talking to her at all in hopes of finding a way to save both.

I went and investigated the crime scene and got the letter to show to Esmerelda, but halted the Councillor's Wife quest there. I dug up Jake's body, spoke to his dog, and interrogated Roberts before stopping the Mysterious Murder quest there.

The urge to explore the map got the better of me and I left Cyseal to see what else was in store. Long story short, I found Dietmar and his thugs and a journal entry appeared in the Mysterious Murder questline saying something along the lines of "We found the path to Evelyn's lair mentioned in her diary but had to fight past Dietmar and his thugs" and the quest was then labelled "completed". I thought it was just a little hiccup at the time and just disregarded it, even though I hadn't spoken to Evelyn yet nor acquired her diary.

I explored the map some more and found the Undertaker's Hut, broke down the door, and found the documents stating Thelyron and Evelyn's involvement in the undead plaguing Cyseal. When I went back to Cyseal to confront them, they were both gone. I figured that perhaps I would meet them again later on in the story.

I continued along, found the barrier that needs the enlightened amulet and saw that I didn't have it. I assumed Evelyn and Thelyron were behind there and that I would find the amulet later on. I made it Silverglen, took down the purple barrier around the White Witch's cabin, fought and killed Vaelenna, and found the enlightened amulet from one of the Immaculates around her.

I went back the barrier needing the amulet to find a dying Thelyron and an invisible (is he supposed to be visible?) zombie Jake speaking to me, praising the fact the Evelyn is dead (by my hand I assume). I killed King Braccus and and reported back to Captain Aureus and that's where I am right now.

When I try to continue on the Councillor's Wife questline, even with the knife and murder book in hand, all Esmerelda says is she can't believe Jake was a Sourcerer. She doesn't say anything about investigating Evelyn. I don't really know what to do. I feel like I've screwed myself out of a lot of content because of the path I took. Any advice?

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You can check out Evelyn's house, just west of the clinic (she should have left a bag behind when she fled, containing the key). That will give you some stuff to do just past where you met Dietmar (his quest log entry mentioning Evelyn's diary, even if you have not found it yet, shouldn't cause any problems). I don't know if that will help trigger anything with Esmeralda, though.

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Councillor's wife questline is there to make Evelyn flee, and the whole mysterious murder is simply leading you to Braccus Rex. since you basically finished the Braccus questline, there's no need for Councillor's wife quest to finish.

also, the op didn't mention entering Evelyn's lair. afair, you can only enter her lair after obtaining her diary. if in the op's case, Evelyn hasn't been killed, but Zombie Jack assumes that she was dead. then the game simply determines that the amulet is gotten by killing Evelyn.


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I had not entered her lair at the time I made that initial post teardrop. As far as my characters knew, Evelyn was simply a name that was involved with Thelyron and the undead. It just seems pretty buggy, because correct me if i'm wrong,
but isn't Zombie Jake the one that gives you the amulet in the Undertaker's Hut (besides the ones you can obtain killing Immaculates)? And if that's the case, he should know she isn't dead.





Evelyn didn't leave her backpack behind in the clinic Raze. I think that only triggers when you talk to the Thelyron and he tells you she left. I went and broke down her door though and got the things that I needed and just went and "did the deed". I was way overleveled for it though and it kind of broke the immersion quite a bit. Even after I did that, Esmerelda still just kept saying she couldn't believe
Jake was a Sourcerer

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like I said, since you've already finished the Braccus Rex quest, there's no need for the Councillor's wife quest to finish, and the game just assume that you've killed evelyn.

anyway, I think there's no game breaking bug; Larian just need to fix journal description and NPC dialog.


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