So this happened because a crash broke the scripting, but IMO there should be a fail-safe to prevent major quests from being broken by exiting and loading a save.
I finished Tannen's tower, then the herald made the portal to the East. Foolishly, I decided then and there to allocate unspent talent points - this has been a cause of MANY crashes for me and I normally save before doing it. [Will post this bug too].
When I reloaded, the herald was gone. I figured my only hope was to enter town via tannen's tower again - so I spoke to [dead] tannen and gave him my diamond + athame. He wouldn't let me enter his tower until I went to Telos' tower again! So I did it, came back, and Tannen let me in. I finished his tower - and instead of him at the top there was a Faerling. No athame or diamond at the top of the tower.
This did properly trigger the herald of last hope - but without the diamond and athame, I can't complete the portal.
Not bothering with a log as this is a quest-scripting issue and not a game-engine issue.
If anyone can offer help or advice on how I can hack an athame and diamond into my inventory I would appreciate it.
[B20] Tannen stole my Athame and diamond while dead
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