I've had this happen. Usually it clears by itself after a relaunch. Or if you have this happen on Android, try reinstalling (but don't delete the game, or you'll lose the saves, I think). It seems that RenPy playback code (at least for WebM) is a bit unstable as there is basically a single way to make videos work, no fancy options, nothing, so I don't think I could've broken anything.
But Taena has her own inn. Another spoiler time, I guess
elves are a minority "ethnicity" in Lyriel's world. Only unlike the minority populations in "our" Medieval Europe, they are physically different, they have some ether-related powers in the world mostly without magic. They live much longer, and they can trace their heritage way, way back, hence they call themselves Trueborn. But then again, they are much slower to propagate, and their almost ageless society is really averse to change, so humanity eventually caught up to them. So elves in human cities aren't really liked that much, they are The Others, but then again, they are more powerful than most humans, and their eternally young (not really, but close enough) maidens are in high demand.
That is true, yes. I want to remake the whole dreaming UI to make it clearer and more grounded in the game lore. I think it'll be much more obvious then.
Install the newer version on top, your saves should transfer automatically. Just don't delete the older version before installing the new one.
That's just weird. Are you using the official build or a repack?
I post a short walkthrough for alpha-level patrons that goes into detail on how to get every possible outcome from new events, but otherwise you can't miss out on much. Everything you need to progress is either in the quest log, or in the love app.
I'm still thinking about it. Sleep sex is a pretty popular kink, but the night period isn't really defined in the game logic, so properly adding it will require quite a bit of work. So it's on my list, but no a priority.
I actually am not
I appreciate the game for how influential it was, and I like its lore and how they presented it, but I despised the controls and some of the gameplay decisions and had no patience to keep going.
Last few updates aren't adding any major quests, so go into the love app for the event hints.