I call it like I see it.
Fact = text says spectator and statues to the south
Fact = spectator and statues to the west according to the game map
Fact = cavern walls block any path south on the game map
Is it a mistake? Let's let Larian decide. If it is a mistake, I hope they fix it. Otherwise, that's just sloppy.
Hmm. I wonder how many other "mistakes" you have assumed. Again, the map we're discussing here is roughly 0.00000000000000000001% of the map of Faerun.
This isn't an open world game. It is divided into areas. Now, we currently have access to one area on the surface. This means that there is a border to the map, your "cavern walls", that exist to prevent going "off the map". I'm not sure why I would have to assume that a village couldn't be further south than we can currently go in favor of believing that Larian made a mistake. The "go here" when it should be "go there" is far from unique and does nothing to counter that the map we're on does not represent the whole of Faerun. I provided you with a map so that you could see how far south they could actually go, beyond the tiny little square you're actually on, but it was ignored, apparently. Maybe it's because it's inconvenient? Maybe it's "it's got to be a mistake", enough so that you created a thread, because you're bitter about something else? I know what my money's on.