I don't necessarily agree with the lack of direction (mainly as my normal playing style is bumbling about discovering what there is to discover; and it does kind of fit with the story, I figure) but I do like the idea of giving a bit more background to the elf in question. I already thought it was pretty tragic and went to some lengths to avoid further unpleasantness (well, for what it was worth, which probably wasn't anything) but making it a bit more personal would add to the impact of the real nastiness going on behind the scenes. As it was, playing through a second time and seeing various people naively assuming their loved ones had been "cured" was somewhat harrowing.
