Just chiming in to agree with Sorrowfox, the initial loading onto the beach is extremely buggy.
Just SAVE OFTEN cause I had to redo that battle to the helm sequence three times eek

The cutscene and initial arrival on the beach is busted for a lot of people, I have a thread about it here: http://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=87418&Number=677535#Post677535

Username too long for the forums it is supposed to say Laureeeeeeeeeeeeeeen with 15 e's.