ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

(first post!) I assume this is a bug, if not, feel free to move it to general!

Playing as a level 20 Temporal Warden with 0 deaths, I find my future self in Daikara. Consulting the Wiki, I see: "Get killed by your future self in Daikara, playing as a Temporal Warden."

So, I go ahead and intentionally die in order to unlock the Temporal Mage. Much to my chagrin, I not only failed to unlock the Temporal Mage class but also lost a precious life, which I didn't expect. I gained the quest "The Way We Weren't" but it has no instructions about how to continue it. I checked the mage's town in the mountains (my only logical lead) and nobody had anything to say about it.

I'm rather perturbed about this. The wiki instructing people to kill themselves in a roguelike for no benefit is utterly frustrating. Do I simply have something else to do to complete this quest, or is it bugged? Other posts imply that I should immediately get a popup, and that I shouldn't have lost a life.

Please advise!

It's hard to say what happened without looking at the log.

But you shouldn't be able to 'die' to the copy of yourself. It should have triggered a pop up, healed you to full, and unlocked the PM.

Was there any other enemies on the screen that could have caused your death? Any traps? Do you still have the log? (that would be the most helpful).