Tip mission "Dagger of Caernoz" dialogue bug

[Tatterhood]

In the rogue path on this tip mission, after defeating Desdemona at the start she turns non-hostile and you can talk to her. However, once the rest of the enemies that spawn with her are defeated she disappears and you are automatically given the next objective. It is therefore only possible to read this dialogue while getting beaten up by a bunch of Knives of Artemis. The content of the dialogue is you making a deal with her where you agree to do the aforementioned next objective, so probably that isn't supposed to trigger until you finish talking to her.

 

(Aside: I am also confused as to why Desdemona, who is supposed to be a hero at this point, has Knives of Artemis for allies instead of Wyvern or something.)

Edited Wednesday at 05:32 AM by Tatterhood

[Rudra]

1 hour ago, Tatterhood said:

 

(Aside: I am also confused as to why Desdemona, who is supposed to be a hero at this point, has Knives of Artemis for allies instead of Wyvern or something.)

The Knives of Artemis are mercenaries still. And as a former villain, Desdemona may still have contacts in the Knives willing to work with/for her. (There is a mission or two where you can find friendly Knives of Artemis as well.) Wyvern at the time that tip mission was made did not scale that high in levels. And she falls back on Longbow at the end of the mission, revealing her actual standing.