Try deleting all of the files in the '..\Divine Divinity\Run\Dynamic' folder.
This folder is used as a cache for the game. Files are created / copied there from the save game folder when you load, and written / copied from that folder when you save a game. The files will be re-created as required the next time you start Divinity.
After that, re-load a game before you entered Verdistis. It appears files from your first save got carried over into your second (which would also mean the holy dagger, Finnigan's Lockpicks, etc. would be missing if you completed those quests in the first game).
