I also think they're kind of easy to miss, so even if you go forward you can miss them. I.e. i got caught by a necromancer girl and there's no indication, nothing at all who IS this and what am i supposed to do? Can i even befriend her? I just sliced her head off because she attacked me and i had no clue what to do, lol, rest in pasta. Perhaps there's also a requirement of having higher stealth, since the game heavily suggests you to use it, and for a pure warrior Lona there's just no option to do so? At least i'm strong, i don't need to think about that, or companions, or friends...